Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 13 › Conversation 013-009
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers
Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 11:25 AM–11:37 AM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange serves as a procedural step to facilitate an urgent communication between the President and the Secretary. No further details regarding the substance of the intended discussion were captured during this short administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:37 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 13-9
Date: October 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:25 am and 11:37 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to William P. RogersAlso recorded on October 26, 1971
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- 602-005 11:24 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:24 am to 11:29 am.
- 602-006 11:35 AM · 42 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Wallace F. Bennett, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:18 pm.
- 013-010 11:37 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 11:37 am to 11:42 am.
- 013-011 11:42 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 1:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-009, 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/013-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).