Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-064
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 2:35 PM–3:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Frank E. Fitzsimmons, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. This brief administrative exchange served solely to initiate official communication between the President and the labor leader. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.
- Frank E. Fitzsimmons
- Labor relations
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Presidential communications
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-064 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-64
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:35 pm and 3:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 367-10F]
Request for a call to Frank E. FitzsimmonsAlso 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.
- 031-062 2:31 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:31 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-064, 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/031-064 (accessed October 20, 2026).