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

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

Wednesday, October 20, 1971 · 4:21 PM–4:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation012-012 on Tape 12 (tape position 00:23:23–00:23:29)StartWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 4:21 PMEndWednesday, October 20, 1971 at 4:44 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191541 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 20, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-012

Date: October 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:21 pm and 4:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 282-26A]

     Request for call to John N. Mitchell

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Attorney General, please.

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.
  • 012-011 4:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 4:20 pm to 4:21 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.
  • 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 012-012, October 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191541). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-012 (accessed November 7, 2026).