Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-014
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Supreme Court appointments
Wednesday, October 20, 1971 · 4:49 PM–5:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
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On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-014
Date: October 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 5:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Telephone call from John N. Mitchell
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 012-015, which has been merged with
conversation 012-014.]
John N. Mitchell talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 282-30]
Supreme Court appointments
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Wiretapping
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Knoxville, Tennessee
-William H. Rehnquist
-Robert H. Jackson
-Lawrence E. Walsh
-Previous conversation with Mitchell
-American Bar Association [ABA] Committee
-Rejection of candidates
-Herschel H. Friday
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Possible letter form Walsh
-Administration’s position
-Possible press statement
-Press statement
-Baker
-Timing
-Rehnquist
-Smith
-Baker
-Forthcoming announcement
-Haldeman
-Rehnquist
-Smith
-Powell
-Timing
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-ABATranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on October 20, 1971
- 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.
- 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.
- 012-013 4:44 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 4:44 pm to 4:49 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-014, October 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191545). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-014 (accessed November 12, 2026).