Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-037
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George P. Shultz
Friday, October 29, 1971 · 3:20 PM–4:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
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NARA Description
On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:20 pm and 4:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-037
Date: October 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:20 pm and 4:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 302-18A]
Request for a call to George P. ShultzTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 013-035 3:08 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:10 pm.
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- 013-036 3:10 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm.
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- 302-018 3:20 PM · 1 hr 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, George P. Shultz, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and John C. Whitaker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:20 pm to 5:16 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-037, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190289). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-037 (accessed November 14, 2026).