Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-062
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John A. Mulcahy
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 2:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone call to John A. Mulcahy. Upon learning that Mulcahy was currently in transit, the President instructed the operator to leave a message at his residence. The interaction served as a logistical coordination effort to ensure a follow-up conversation between the two men later that evening.
- John A. Mulcahy
- Communication logistics
- White House operations
- Scheduling
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-62
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 2:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See conversation No. 367-10C]
Status of call to John A. Mulcahy
-Mulcahy's schedule
-Call back instructionsAlso recorded on October 16, 1972
- 031-057 2:23 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at 2:23 pm.
- 031-058 2:23 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:27 pm.
- 031-059 2:23 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:27 pm.
- 031-060 2:25 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:25 pm and 2:27 pm.
- 367-010 2:25 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, George E. Christian, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Frank E. Fitzsimmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 3:29 pm.
- 031-061 2:27 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Christian talked on the telephone from 2:27 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 031-063 2:35 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:35 pm.
- 031-064 2:35 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 3:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-062, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-062 (accessed October 1, 2026).