Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-113

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Edgar Hoover

Monday, October 18, 1971 · 4:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation011-113 on Tape 11 (tape position 03:15:09–03:15:12)StartMonday, October 18, 1971 at 4:57 PMEndMonday, October 18, 1971 at 4:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-113 ↗

President Nixon initiated a brief exchange regarding J. Edgar Hoover, though the recording for this segment is undefined or lacks substantial content. The conversation serves as a fragmented bridge between broader administrative communications involving the President and the White House operator. Efforts were directed toward coordinating a call with Representative Chet Holifield, highlighting the President's ongoing management of legislative and executive relations.

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Ron Hoover.

On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at 4:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-113 of the White House Tapes.

[Conversation 11-113 originally began here but has been merged with conversation 11 -112.]

 The President conferred with an unknown person.

        J. Edgar Hoover

                                                                                 Conversation No. 011-114

 Date: October 18, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 4:57 pm and 5:19 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 289-13]

        Request for call to Chet Holifield
  • 011-112 4:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:56 pm to 4:57 pm.
  • 011-114 4:57 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:57 pm and 5:19 pm.
  • 291-012 5:00 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 291-013 5:00 PM · 8 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 5:00 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 291-014 5:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Chet Holifield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:20 pm.
  • 011-115 5:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Chet Holifield talked on the telephone from 5:19 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 011-116 5:21 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.
  • 291-015 5:21 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.

Conversation 011-113, 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/011-113 (accessed September 28, 2026).