Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-098

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Danny Murtaugh

Sunday, October 17, 1971 · 10:30 AM–4:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-098 on Tape 11 (tape position 02:37:53–02:38:04)StartSunday, October 17, 1971 at 10:30 AMEndSunday, October 17, 1971 at 4:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-098 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190091 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On October 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 4:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-098 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-098

 Date: October 17, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 4:18 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

        Request for call to Danny Murtaugh

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Operator, would you see if you could get Danny Murtaugh, the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates that's in Baltimore.

Thank you.

Also recorded on October 17, 1971

011-099 4:18 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Danny Murtaugh talked on the telephone from 4:18 pm to 4:19 pm.
011-100 4:19 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:19 pm and 4:22 pm.
011-101 4:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Earl Weaver talked on the telephone from 4:22 pm to 4:23 pm.
011-102 4:23 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 5:52 pm.
290-001 5:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:46 pm and 6:09 pm.
290-002 5:46 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:46 pm and 5:52 pm.
011-103 5:52 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:52 pm to 6:09 pm.
290-003 5:52 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:52 pm and 6:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-098, October 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190091). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-098 (accessed November 13, 2026).