Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-107

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

Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 12:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation012-107 on Tape 12 (tape position 04:25:13–04:25:20)StartSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 12:17 PMEndSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 12:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-107 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191717 ↗

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On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-107 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-107

Date: October 23, 1971
Time: 12:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-18]

     Request for call to John N. Mitchell

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Attorney General, please.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on October 23, 1971

  • 012-106 11:59 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, King Hassan, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:59 am to 12:08 pm.
  • 601-017 11:59 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alex G. Toumayan, and King Hassan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:17 pm.
  • 601-018 12:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:17 pm.
  • 601-019 12:17 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 601-020 12:17 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 601-021 12:17 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 601-022 12:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 601-023 12:25 PM · 29 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-107, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191717). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-107 (accessed November 2, 2026).