Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-038
Nixon phone call with Shultz on Department of Agriculture
Friday, October 29, 1971 · 4:10 PM–4:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 28 sec
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On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 4:10 pm to 4:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-038 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 013-038
Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 4:10 pm - 4:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with George P. Shultz.
[See Conversation No. 302-18B]
President's schedule
-Shultz
-John D. EhrlichmanTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on October 29, 1971
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- 013-037 3:20 PM · 9 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 013-039 4:11 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 4:55 pm.
- 013-040 4:55 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John C. Whitaker talked on the telephone from 4:55 pm to 4:56 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-038, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190291). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-038 (accessed November 14, 2026).