Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-067

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on W. Clement Stone

Monday, October 16, 1972 · 4:30 PM–4:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-067 on Tape 31StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 4:30 PMEndMonday, October 16, 1972 at 4:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-067 ↗

A 12-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-067 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-67

Date: October 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 799-24]

        Request for calls
           -W. Clement Stone
           -Robert W. Galvin

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You can place the calls to Mr. Stone and Mr. Galvin now.

All right.

Thank you.

Also recorded on October 16, 1972

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.
031-068 4:36 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and W. Clement Stone talked on the telephone from 4:36 pm to 4:37 pm.
799-026 4:36 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and W. Clement Stone met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:37 pm.
799-027 4:37 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:37 pm and 4:45 pm.
031-069 4:45 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:45 pm.
031-070 4:45 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert A. Forst talked on the telephone from 4:45 pm to 4:46 pm.
799-028 4:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-067, 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/031-067 (accessed November 15, 2026).