Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 11 › Conversation 011-123
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard H. Poff
Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 7:53 AM–12:42 PM ET · White House Telephone ·8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Congressman Richard H. Poff. This brief exchange serves as the administrative bridge for a follow-up consultation with Poff. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short request.
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NARA Description
On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-123 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 11-123
72
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 596-8]
Request for call to Richard H. PoffAlso recorded on October 19, 1971
- 011-124 7:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 011-125 7:53 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 011-126 7:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 011-127 7:53 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 12:42 pm.
- 596-001 7:53 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 8:06 am.
- 080-002 8:06 AM · 1 hr 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including William P. Rogers, Charls E. Walker, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Norris Cotton, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Richard H. Poff, Samuel L. Devine, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, Harry S. Dent, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Eugene S. Cowen, Patrick J. Buchanan, Bryce N. Harlow, and Ronald L. Ziegler, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:06 am to 9:55 am.
- 596-002 8:06 AM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 10:14 am.
- 596-003 10:14 AM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:55 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-123, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-123 (accessed September 18, 2026).