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
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with George P. Shultz to coordinate a meeting regarding the Department of Agriculture. Shultz informed the President that he and John D. Ehrlichman were concluding their current deliberations on the matter. Nixon instructed them to take their time finishing the session, confirming he would be available to meet with them later in the afternoon.
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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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. EhrlichmanAlso recorded on October 29, 1971
- 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.
- 302-016 3:08 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 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.
- 302-017 3:10 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm.
- 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-038, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-038 (accessed September 30, 2026).