Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-002

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 · 9 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation013-002 on Tape 13 (tape position 00:01:01–00:01:09)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 8:35 AMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 10:15 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-002 ↗

AI Summary

This recording consists of a brief, eight-second audio segment captured by the White House telephone system. Archivists have determined that the recording contains no discernible conversation, likely due to a technical malfunction or an open line. Consequently, no substantive historical information, participants, or policy developments can be attributed to this entry.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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 013-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-002

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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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 02/06/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[013-002-w001]
[Duration: 8s]

[Previous tapes archival review indicated this was a conversation. Upon review of the digital
copy, archivists did not discern conversation. For the sake of clarity and continuity, this
conversation designation will not change.]

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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.
  • 013-001 8:35 AM · 8 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.

All 44 conversations from October 26, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-002, 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/013-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).