Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-147
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham
Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 5:50 PM–6:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Reverend Billy Graham. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation for a direct communication line between the President and his longtime religious advisor. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange as it was purely a request to connect with Graham.
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NARA Description
On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:50 pm to 6:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-147 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 011-147
Date: October 19, 1971
Time: 5:50 pm - 6:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 292-25]
Request for call to William F. (“Billy”) GrahamAlso recorded on October 19, 1971
- 011-144 5:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:48 pm.
- 011-145 5:43 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:48 pm.
- 292-019 5:43 PM · 20 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 5:43 pm and 5:49 pm.
- 011-146 5:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.
- 292-022 5:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.
- 292-023 5:50 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm.
- 292-024 5:50 PM · 2 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 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm.
- 292-025 5:50 PM · 54 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 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 011-147, 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/011-147 (accessed September 28, 2026).