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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to initiate telephone calls to W. Clement Stone and Robert W. Galvin. The brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to connect the President with these two individuals. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this administrative interaction.

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You can place the calls to Mr. Stone and Mr. Galvin now.
All right.
Thank you.

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

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 October 1, 2026).