Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-114

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Chet Holifield

Monday, October 18, 1971 · 4:57 PM–5:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-114 on Tape 11 (tape position 03:15:12–03:15:20)StartMonday, October 18, 1971 at 4:57 PMEndMonday, October 18, 1971 at 5:19 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-114 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190119 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 18, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-114 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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

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Congressman Holly Field, please, of California.
Thank you.

Also recorded on October 18, 1971

  • 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.
  • 011-113 4:57 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at 4:57 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-114, October 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190119). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-114 (accessed November 12, 2026).