Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-098
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator
Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 7:54 AM–9:12 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
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On October 17, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-098 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 31-98
Date: October 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:54 am and 9:12 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 801-4A]
Request for call to Ralph MarrinsonTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 801-003 8:17 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:17 am to 8:34 am.
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- 031-099 9:12 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph Marrinsen talked on the telephone from 9:12 am to 9:13 am.
- 801-005 9:59 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, David C. Hoopes, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:59 am to 10:21 am.
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- 108-004 11:06 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention, including James Q. Wilson, Wade Coleman, Richard S. Wilbur, Donald E. Johnson, Carl D. Chambers, Robert L. DuPont, Phyllis Harrison-Ross, Audrey R. Holliday, John J. Marchi, Beny J. Primm, Michael J. Quinn, Gale E. Sayers, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Richard H. Nordahl, Lee W. Gladden, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Myles J. Ambrose, Dr. Merlin K. ("Morty") DuVal, and Richard L. Harkness, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 11:21 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 031-098, 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/031-098 (accessed November 2, 2026).