Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-096

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Donald M. Kendall and PepsiCo

Friday, October 15, 1971 · 8:43 AM–9:09 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-096 on Tape 11 (tape position 02:35:48–02:36:01)StartFriday, October 15, 1971 at 8:43 AMEndFriday, October 15, 1971 at 9:09 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-096 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190087 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-096

 Date: October 15, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 8:43 am and 9:09 am
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 593-2]

        Request for call to Donald McI. Kendall

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Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on October 15, 1971

  • 593-001 8:43 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am.
  • 593-002 8:43 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am.
  • 593-003 8:43 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am.
  • 593-004 8:43 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am.
  • 011-097 9:09 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Donald McI. Kendall talked on the telephone from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
  • 593-005 9:09 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Donald McI. Kendall met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
  • 593-006 9:10 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:10 am to 9:36 am.
  • 593-007 9:37 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:37 am to 9:52 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-096, October 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190087). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-096 (accessed November 13, 2026).