Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-104

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Sunday, October 17, 1971 · 6:09 PM–6:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-104 on Tape 11 (tape position 02:57:57–02:58:05)StartSunday, October 17, 1971 at 6:09 PMEndSunday, October 17, 1971 at 6:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-104 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190103 ↗

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On October 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 6:09 pm to 6:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-104 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 011-104

 Date: October 17, 1971
 Time: 6:09 pm - 6:13 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 290-4]

        Request for call to William P. Rogers

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Yes, please.
Secretary Rogers, please.
Yes, Mr. President.
  • 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.
  • 290-004 6:09 PM · 24 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 6:09 pm and 6:13 pm.
  • 011-105 6:13 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 6:13 pm to 6:26 pm.
  • 290-005 6:13 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:26 pm.
  • 290-006 6:26 PM · 3 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 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 290-007 6:26 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.
  • 290-008 6:26 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 8:48 pm.

Conversation 011-104, October 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190103). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-104 (accessed November 1, 2026).