Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 31 › Conversation 031-109

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H.R. Haldeman

Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 7:18 PM–8:08 PM ET · White House Telephone ·10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation031-109 onTape 31StartTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 7:18 PMEndTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 8:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-109 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with H.R. "Bob" Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a routing request to reach his Chief of Staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-109 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-109

Date: October 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm

                                         (rev. Oct-06)

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 368-11]

        Request for a call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Also recorded on October 17, 1972

  • 802-009 6:30 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:30 pm to 7:17 pm.
  • 802-010 7:17 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:17 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 368-006 7:18 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
  • 368-007 7:18 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
  • 368-008 7:18 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
  • 368-009 7:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
  • 368-010 7:18 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
  • 368-011 7:18 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.

All 65 conversations from October 17, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-109, 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/031-109 (accessed September 18, 2026).