Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-130

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Mitchell

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 12:46 PM–12:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-130 on Tape 11 (tape position 03:32:33–03:32:39)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:46 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-130 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190149 ↗

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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 12:46 pm and 12:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-130 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-130

 Date: October 19, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 12:54 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 596-14]

        Request for call to John N. Mitchell

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Attorney General please.
Thank you sir.

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 596-013 12:36 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Richard H. Poff, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 12:53 pm.
  • 011-128 12:42 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard H. Poff talked on the telephone from 12:42 pm to 12:43 pm.
  • 011-129 12:45 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 596-014 12:53 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:53 pm.
  • 596-015 12:53 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 12:54 pm.
  • 011-131 12:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 12:54 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 011-132 12:54 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 1:26 pm.
  • 596-016 12:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:54 pm to 12:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-130, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190149). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-130 (accessed November 12, 2026).