Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 31 › Conversation 031-096
Nixon phone call with Mulcahy on Personal correspondence
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 8:33 PM–8:36 PM ET · White House Telephone ·23 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone conversation with John W. Mulcahy, Jr. to engage in a discussion that was subsequently classified as a personal returnable item. Due to the withdrawal of the recorded content from the public record, the specific substance and outcomes of this communication remain restricted for historical review. No public policy decisions or administrative actions were documented in the surviving transcript of this exchange.
- Presidential communication
- Personal correspondence
- Nixon administration
- Archival restrictions
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Mulcahy, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:33 pm to 8:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-096 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-96 Date: October 16, 1972 Time: 8:33 pm - 8:36 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with John A. Mulcahy. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 32s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************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.
- 031-093 8:08 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Scaife talked on the telephone from 8:08 pm to 8:11 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.
- 031-097 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 031-096, 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/031-096 (accessed September 18, 2026).