This recording captures a failure of the White House telephone taping system, resulting in no substantial dialogue. The brief eight-second duration consists of an unidentified speaker providing a standard telephonic salutation before the audio cuts out. Consequently, no policy discussions, decisions, or historical developments took place during this interval.
On October 26, 1971, the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:15 am, but the conversation appears to be blank. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 13-1 Date: October 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:35 am and 10:15 am Location: White House Telephone The phone was engaged or malfunctioned. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical Returnable] [Duration: 8s ] [NO CONVERSATION] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 **********************************************************************
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