Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-132
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Mitchell
Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 12:54 PM–1:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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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 12:54 pm and 1:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-132 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-132
Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:54 pm and 1:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to John N. Mitchell
[Conversation 11-133 originally began here but has been merged with conversation 11-132.]
The President talked with John N. Mitchell.
[See Conversation No. 596-18]
Supreme Court appointment
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Finances
-Joy Baker
-Salary and benefits
-William O. Douglas
-Speeches
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Health
-John M. Harlan
-Baker
-Powell
-Mitchell’s forthcoming conversation
-Possible presidential involvement
-Health
-Possible acceptance
-Baker
-Mildred L. Lillie
-William H. Mulligan
-Age
-Fordham Law School
-Dean
-Robert H. Abplanalp
-John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy
-Warren E. Burger
-Baker
-Robert C. Byrd, Richard H. Poff
-Law practice
-Contrasted with Poff
-Residence
-Knoxville compared to Lynchburg
-Mulligan
-Powell
-Possible conversation with the President
-Possible selections
-Mulligan and Powell
-Baker and Mulligan
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Also recorded on October 19, 1971
- 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.
- 011-130 12:46 PM · 5 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 596-017 12:56 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-132, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190153). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-132 (accessed November 13, 2026).