Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-027
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John N. Mitchell
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 9:33 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon received a brief notification from the White House operator regarding an incoming telephone call from Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The exchange served as a logistical connection to facilitate immediate communication between the President and the Attorney General. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this initial contact.
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.
Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data
Each line starts with a timestamp button; press it to play the audio from that point.
NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:33 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-027
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 9:33 am
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. 012-028, which has been merged with
conversation 012-027.]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
John N. Mitchell talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 281-7]
Supreme Court appointments
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-The President’s decision
-Options
-Law school record
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-The President's and Mitchell's views
-William H. Rehnquist
-Law school record
-Qualifications
-BakerAlso recorded on October 21, 1971
- 012-028 9:33 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 9:33 am to 9:39 am.
- 281-007 9:33 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:33 am to 9:39 am.
- 281-008 9:39 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:39 am and 9:45 am.
- 012-029 9:45 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am.
- 012-030 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
- 281-009 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
- 012-031 9:51 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
- 012-032 9:51 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-027, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-027 (accessed October 12, 2026).