Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-103

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lindy Boggs and Hale Boggs

Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 11:32 AM–11:33 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-103 on Tape 31StartTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 11:32 AMEndTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 11:33 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-103 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Corinne "Lindy" Boggs, the wife of House Majority Leader Hale Boggs. This brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate communication with Mrs. Boggs. No further political or policy substance is addressed during this short exchange.

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Mrs. Boggs, the wife of the Majority Leader?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:33 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-103 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-103

Date: October 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:32 am and 11:33 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 801-16B]

        Request for a call to Corinne (Claiborne) (“Lindy”) Boggs

Also recorded on October 17, 1972

  • 031-101 11:24 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:24 am.
  • 801-011 11:24 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:24 am.
  • 801-012 11:24 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:26 am.
  • 801-013 11:24 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:26 am.
  • 801-014 11:24 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:26 am.
  • 801-016 11:26 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, White House operator, Corrine ("Lindy") (Clairborne) Boggs, Stephen B. Bull, Robert J. Brown, Gale E. Sayers, Paul R. Jones, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:26 am to 12:10 pm.
  • 031-102 11:30 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:30 am to 11:32 am.
  • 031-104 11:33 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Corrine ("Lindy") (Clairborne) Boggs talked on the telephone from 11:33 am to 11:34 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-103, 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/031-103 (accessed October 10, 2026).