Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-004

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Peter M. Flanigan

Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 10:16 AM–10:17 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-004 on Tape 13 (tape position 00:02:10–00:02:18)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 10:16 AMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 10:17 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Peter M. Flanigan. This exchange serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.

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Flanagan, please.

NARA Description

On October 26, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-004

Date: October 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:16 am and 10:17 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-36/602-1F]

     Request for a call to Peter M. Flanigan

Also recorded on October 26, 1971

  • 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.
  • 013-005 10:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 10:17 am to 10:18 am.
  • 013-006 10:18 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:13 am.
  • 013-007 10:18 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:13 am.
  • 602-002 11:09 AM · 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 11:09 am and 11:13 am.
  • 602-003 11:09 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am.
  • 013-008 11:13 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan talked on the telephone from 11:13 am to 11:25 am.
  • 602-004 11:13 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:13 am to 11:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-004, 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/013-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).