Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-079

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John D. Lodge and Argentina

Friday, October 22, 1971 · 8:08 AM–3:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation012-079 on Tape 12 (tape position 03:01:22–03:01:30)StartFriday, October 22, 1971 at 8:08 AMEndFriday, October 22, 1971 at 3:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-079 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to John D. Lodge, who was serving as the United States Ambassador to Argentina. The primary objective of the communication was to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Ambassador. No further details regarding the substance of the discussion were recorded.

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NARA Description

On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-079 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-079

Date: October 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:08 am- 3:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 599-17A]

     Request for call to John D. Lodge in Argentina

Also recorded on October 22, 1971

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  • 012-081 8:08 AM · 8 min — the White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Lodge, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm.
  • 599-001 8:08 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am.
  • 599-002 8:08 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am.
  • 599-018 8:08 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am.
  • 599-003 8:50 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 8:52 am.
  • 599-004 8:58 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 8:59 am.
  • 599-005 9:06 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:06 am to 9:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-079, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-079 (accessed October 12, 2026).