Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-087
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ralph J. Perk and Cleveland
Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 9:16 AM–9:19 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a congratulatory telephone call to Ralph J. Perk, who had recently been elected mayor of Cleveland. The President provided specific instructions for locating Perk to ensure the call could be facilitated promptly. This administrative exchange served to acknowledge and recognize a political victory for a key regional official.
- Ralph J. Perk
- Cleveland
- Mayoral election
- White House telephone system
- Political communications
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NARA Description
On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-087 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-087
Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:16 am and 9:19 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 301-7E]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Request for a call to Ralph J. PerkAlso recorded on November 3, 1971
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- 013-083 9:00 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:11 am.
- 301-007 9:00 AM · 3 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:00 am to 12:14 pm.
- 013-084 9:12 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo talked on the telephone from 9:12 am to 9:13 am.
- 013-085 9:13 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:16 am.
- 013-086 9:16 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:16 am.
- 013-088 9:19 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:19 am.
- 013-089 9:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph J. Perk talked on the telephone from 9:25 am to 9:26 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-087, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-087 (accessed September 30, 2026).