Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-013

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Friday, October 6, 1972 · 2:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-013 on Tape 31StartFriday, October 6, 1972 at 2:05 PMEndFriday, October 6, 1972 at 2:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers, who was currently in New York. The President emphasized that the call should not interrupt Rogers if he was attending a dinner or other formal engagement. The request was finalized with a direction for the operator to have Rogers return the call at his earliest convenience.

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Yes, please.
Secretary Rogers, please.
Mr. President, you want him in New York?
Was he in New York?
Yes, he is, sir.
It's convenient, yeah.
Don't take him out of a dinner or anything.
Just tell him to call me when he has a break.
Aye, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-13

Date: October 6, 1972
Time: 2:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 354-19]

        Request for a call to William P. Rogers

        Rogers’s location
           -New York
           -Return call

Also recorded on October 6, 1972

  • 354-019 2:05 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:05 pm.
  • 031-014 2:06 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:06 pm.
  • 031-015 2:06 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:06 pm and 2:07 pm.
  • 354-020 2:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:06 pm.
  • 354-021 2:06 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:06 pm.
  • 354-022 2:06 PM · 16 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 2:06 pm and 2:07 pm.
  • 031-016 2:07 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:07 pm.
  • 031-017 2:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:07 pm and 2:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-013, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-013 (accessed October 1, 2026).