Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-066

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert W. Galvin and Motorola

Monday, October 16, 1972 · 3:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-066 on Tape 31StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 3:58 PMEndMonday, October 16, 1972 at 3:58 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-066 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Robert W. Galvin, the head of Motorola. The primary purpose of this interaction was to facilitate communication between the President and the corporate executive. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request.

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Please.
Could you get me Mr. Robert Galvin of Motorola Company in Franklin Park, Illinois?
Franklin Park, Illinois.
What company?
Motorola.
Thank you.
Motorola.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-066 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-66

Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 3:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 799-21]

        Request for a call to Robert W. Galvin

Also recorded on October 16, 1972

  • 031-065 3:25 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:28 pm.
  • 799-020 3:52 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 799-021 3:58 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:58 pm.
  • 799-022 3:58 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 3:59 pm.
  • 799-023 3:59 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., Melvin R. Laird, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:59 pm to 4:30 pm.
  • 031-067 4:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 799-024 4:30 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 799-025 4:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-066, 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/031-066 (accessed September 22, 2026).