Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-093
Nixon phone call with Scaife on Personal correspondence
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 8:08 PM–8:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with Richard M. Scaife to exchange personal greetings. The majority of the recorded interaction consists of a withdrawn segment, leaving no substantive policy discussions or actionable decisions on the public record. The exchange served primarily as a brief interpersonal communication between the President and the philanthropist.
- Richard M. Scaife
- Presidential communications
- Personal correspondence
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Scaife talked on the telephone from 8:08 pm to 8:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-093 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-93
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 8:08 pm - 8:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Richard Scaife.
Greetings
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 59s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
*****************************************************************Also recorded on October 17, 1972
- 031-090 8:00 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank Scumaci talked on the telephone from 8:00 pm to 8:01 pm.
- 031-091 8:02 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and C. Beverly Briley talked on the telephone from 8:02 pm to 8:05 pm.
- 031-092 8:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Theodore S. ("Ted") Williams talked on the telephone from 8:12 pm to 8:14 pm.
- 031-094 8:16 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John T. Connor talked on the telephone from 8:16 pm to 8:19 pm.
- 031-095 8:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John F. Collins talked on the telephone from 8:24 pm to 8:30 pm.
- 031-096 8:33 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Mulcahy, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:33 pm to 8:36 pm.
- 031-097 8:36 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:36 pm and 9:42 pm.
- 031-098 7:54 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 9:12 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-093, October 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-093 (accessed October 12, 2026).