Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-134

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Donald H. Rumsfeld

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 1:37 PM–1:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-134 on Tape 11 (tape position 03:44:13–03:44:18)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 1:37 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 1:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-134 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190155 ↗

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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 1:37 pm and 1:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-134 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 011-134

 Date: October 19, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 1:37 pm and 1:39 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

 [See Conversation No. 596-20]

        Request for call to Donald H. Rumsfeld

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Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 596-019 1:37 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:37 pm and 1:39 pm.
  • 596-020 1:37 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:37 pm and 1:39 pm.
  • 011-135 1:39 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Donald H. Rumsfeld talked on the telephone from 1:39 pm to 1:44 pm.
  • 596-021 1:39 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Donald H. Rumsfeld met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:39 pm to 1:44 pm.
  • 011-136 1:44 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:44 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 011-137 1:44 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:44 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 292-001 1:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 292-002 1:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 011-134, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190155). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-134 (accessed November 12, 2026).