Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-110

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Monday, October 25, 1971 · 12:17 PM–12:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation012-110 on Tape 12 (tape position 04:27:21–04:27:27)StartMonday, October 25, 1971 at 12:17 PMEndMonday, October 25, 1971 at 12:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-110 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief exchange served exclusively as a logistical step to initiate direct communication with the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this interaction.

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Yes, please.
Secretary Rogers, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-110 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-110

Date: October 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-29]

     Request for call to William P. Rogers

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Also recorded on October 25, 1971

  • 012-108 12:10 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 601-024 12:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 601-025 12:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 012-109 12:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 601-028 12:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 601-029 12:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 012-111 12:20 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:31 pm.
  • 601-030 12:20 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:20 pm to 12:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-110, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-110 (accessed October 12, 2026).