Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-068

Nixon phone call with Stone on Campaign finance and Political fundraising

Monday, October 16, 1972 · 4:36 PM–4:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Stone, W. ClementConversation031-068 on Tape 31StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 4:36 PMEndMonday, October 16, 1972 at 4:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon spoke with major Republican donor and businessman W. Clement Stone regarding ongoing political matters. The conversation was brief and primarily served as a check-in between the President and his financial supporter. Due to the withdrawal of the substantive portion of the transcript, no specific policy decisions or action items remain part of the public record.

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I have Mr. W. Clements down, sir.
You are?

NARA Description

On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and W. Clement Stone talked on the telephone from 4:36 pm to 4:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-68

Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 4:36 pm - 4:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with W. Clement Stone.

[See Conversation No. 799-26]

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[Duration: 1m 21s ]

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Also recorded on October 16, 1972

  • 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.
  • 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 031-068, 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/031-068 (accessed October 1, 2026).