Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-109

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Monday, October 18, 1971 · 2:24 PM–4:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-109 on Tape 11 (tape position 03:13:09–03:13:24)StartMonday, October 18, 1971 at 2:24 PMEndMonday, October 18, 1971 at 4:56 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-109 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a call to Richmond-based attorney Lewis F. Powell, Jr. on behalf of Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The conversation serves to facilitate communication between the administration and the prospective Supreme Court nominee regarding his current travel schedule. This action reflects the coordination efforts undertaken by the White House to manage judicial appointment logistics.

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Would you get me an attorney, Mr. Lewis Powell, P-O-W-E-L-L, in Richmond, Virginia?

All right, sir.

It's for the Attorney General.

Attorney General Mitchell will talk to him.

All right, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-109 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

[Conversation 11-109 originally began here but has been merged with conversation 11 -108.]

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 291-11A]

        Request for call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr. for John N. Mitchell

                                                                                 Conversation No. 011-110

 Date: October 18, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The White House operator talked with John N. Mitchell.

 [See Conversation No. 291-11B]

        Lewis F. Powell, Jr.'s schedule
             -New York
                  -Waldorf

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595-004 1:29 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:32 pm.
011-107 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
011-108 2:24 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm.
011-110 2:24 PM · 25 sec — the White House operator and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm.
595-005 2:32 PM · 12 min — >President Richard M. Nixon, Jack Pardee, Phyllis Lane (Perryman) Pardee, George Burman, Mrs. George Burman, Maxie Baughan, Mrs. Maxie Baughan, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:44 pm.
595-006 3:10 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:11 pm.
595-007 3:11 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert F. Ellsworth, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:11 pm to 3:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-109, October 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-109 (accessed September 28, 2026).