Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-095

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William Safire

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 4:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-095 on Tape 10 (tape position 03:07:40–03:07:47)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 4:00 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 4:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-095 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact speechwriter William Safire. The purpose of this call was to request Safire's immediate presence at the White House. The operator confirmed the directive and prepared to relay the message to Safire's office in the Executive Office Building.

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Yes, please.
Ask Mr. Sapphire to come over, please.
Yes, Mr. Sir.
EOB.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-095 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-95

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 284-13]

     William L. Safire's schedule
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on October 6, 1971

  • 010-093 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:41 pm.
  • 010-094 3:41 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 4:00 pm.
  • 284-009 3:41 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:41 pm to 4:00 pm.
  • 284-010 4:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:00 pm.
  • 284-011 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:05 pm.
  • 284-012 4:06 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:06 pm to 4:30 pm.
  • 284-013 4:39 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:39 pm.
  • 284-014 4:40 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 5:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-095, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-095 (accessed September 18, 2026).