Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-113
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Elmer H. Bobst
Friday, December 31, 1971 · 7:59 PM–8:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Elmer H. Bobst. The purpose of the request was to connect with Bobst at his location in Palm Beach, Florida. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.
- Elmer H. Bobst
- White House operations
- Presidential communications
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NARA Description
On December 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-113 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-113
Date: December 31, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:59 pm and 8:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Elmer H. BobstAlso recorded on January 1, 1972
- 017-109 7:40 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:40 pm to 7:46 pm.
- 017-110 7:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Taft Schreiber talked on the telephone from 7:47 pm to 7:49 pm.
- 017-111 7:49 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:49 pm and 7:55 pm.
- 017-112 7:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and C. Arnholt Smith talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:59 pm.
- 017-114 7:59 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:14 pm.
- 017-115 8:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 8:14 pm to 8:16 pm.
- 311-001 9:05 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:05 pm and 9:08 pm.
- 017-116 9:08 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elmer H. Bobst talked on the telephone from 9:08 pm to 9:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-113, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-113 (accessed October 12, 2026).