Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 13 › Conversation 013-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Tapes

Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 8:35 AM–10:15 AM ET · White House Telephone ·8 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation013-001 onTape 13 (tape position 00:00:53–00:01:01)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 8:35 AMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 10:15 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-001 ↗

AI Summary

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.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical Returnable]
[Duration: 8s ]


[NO CONVERSATION]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on October 26, 1971

  • 012-129 8:35 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:49 am.
  • 013-002 8:35 AM · 9 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:15 am, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 601-035 8:35 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:49 am.
  • 601-036 8:35 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William P. Rogers, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:00 am.
  • 012-130 8:49 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 8:49 am to 8:55 am.
  • 602-001 9:01 AM · 1 hr 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 11:09 am.
  • 013-003 10:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:15 am to 10:16 am.
  • 013-004 10:16 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:17 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-001, October 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).