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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Donald M. Kendall. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and the PepsiCo executive. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this specific interaction.

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Thank you, sir.

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

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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-096 (accessed September 28, 2026).