Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-005
Nixon phone call with Flanigan on Diplomatic appointments and Spiro Agnew
Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 10:17 AM–10:18 AM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon directs Peter M. Flanigan to follow up on staffing changes following Vice President Spiro Agnew’s recent trip to Southeast Asia. Agnew communicated requests from foreign leaders regarding the replacement of U.S. ambassadors in Singapore and Kuwait, the latter due to concerns over the incumbent's personal issues. Secretary of State William P. Rogers has already committed to these personnel changes, and Flanigan is tasked with overseeing the execution of these appointments.
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NARA Description
On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 10:17 am to 10:18 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-005
Date: October 26, 1971
Time: 10:17 am - 10:18 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Peter M. Flanigan.
[See Conversation No. 601-36/602-1G]
Spiro T. Agnew
-Trip to Southeast Asia
-Meeting with President and William P. Rogers
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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[Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under PRMPA regulations 02/08/2019. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Privacy]
[013-005-w001]
[Duration: 53s]
Spiro T. Agnew
-Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew
-Lee Kuan Yew’s request for new ambassador in Singapore
-Replacing US Ambassador Charles T. Cross
-Conversation with William P. Rogers
-Spiro T. Agnew’s request for new ambassador in Kuwait
-Replacing US Ambassador John P. Walsh
-Emotional problems
-William P. Rogers’ promise to replace ambassadors
President’s request to Peter M. Flanigan
-Follow up
-Replacement of ambassadors
**********************************************************************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.
- 013-004 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.
- 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-005, 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/013-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).