Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-087
Nixon phone call with Tkach on Personal health and Withdrawn item
Thursday, October 14, 1971 · 9:13 AM–9:14 AM ET · White House Telephone · 35 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with his personal physician, Dr. Walter R. Tkach. The discussion was entirely sequestered as a withdrawn personal item, resulting in no identifiable policy topics or substantive administrative developments. Consequently, the exchange remains restricted and offers no actionable information for historical analysis.
- Walter R. Tkach
- Personal health
- Presidential communication
- Withdrawn item
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NARA Description
On October 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone from 9:13 am to 9:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-087 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-087
Date: October 14, 1971
Time: 9:13 am - 9:14 am
Location: White House Telephone
Walter R. Tkach talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 592-2]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.
19s segment cleared for release. 13s remain closed as 011-087-w001.]
[Personal Returnable]
[011-087-w001]
[Duration: 13s]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President’s schedule
-Alexander P. Butterfield
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on October 14, 1971
- 592-002 9:13 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:13 am to 9:14 am.
- 011-088 9:14 AM · 6 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-089 9:14 AM · 23 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-090 9:14 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-091 9:14 AM · 5 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-092 9:14 AM · 14 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-093 9:14 AM · 36 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and Gerard C. Smith talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
- 011-094 9:14 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 6:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-087, October 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-087 (accessed September 28, 2026).