Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-080
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers
Friday, October 22, 1971 · 8:08 AM–3:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to immediately connect Secretary of State William P. Rogers with Ambassador Graham A. Martin in Rome. The call serves as an urgent administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the Secretary and the diplomat. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this brief exchange.
- William P. Rogers
- Graham A. Martin
- Diplomacy
- White House communications
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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 012-080 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-080
Date: October 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 599-17B]
Request for call to Graham A. Martin in Rome
William P. RogersAlso recorded on October 22, 1971
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- 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.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-080, 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/012-080 (accessed October 23, 2026).