Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-011

Nixon phone call with Moore on White House logistics and Oval Office

Wednesday, October 20, 1971 · 4:20 PM–4:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.Conversation012-011 on Tape 12 (tape position 00:23:11–00:23:23)StartWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 4:20 PMEndWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 4:21 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to Richard A. Moore to coordinate a meeting. The President requests that Moore immediately relocate from the Executive Office Building to the Oval Office for an in-person discussion. No policy matters or substantive political issues are addressed during this brief logistical exchange.

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Yeah.
Mr. Moore, sir.
Nick?
Yes, Mr. President.
Are you in the EOB?
Yes.
You ought to drop down to my office right there.

NARA Description

On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 4:20 pm to 4:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-011

Date: October 20, 1971
Time: 4:20 pm- 4:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard A. Moore.

[See Conversation No. 282-24]

     Moore's schedule

Also recorded on October 20, 1971

  • 012-009 4:13 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 4:18 pm.
  • 282-022 4:13 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:13 pm to 4:18 pm.
  • 012-010 4:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:18 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 282-023 4:18 PM · 8 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 4:18 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 282-024 4:20 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:20 pm to 4:21 pm.
  • 012-012 4:21 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:21 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 282-025 4:21 PM · 34 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 4:21 pm and 4:23 pm.
  • 282-026 4:23 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, White House operator, John N. Mitchell, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:23 pm to 5:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-011, October 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).