Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 283 › Conversation 283-039

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 12:37 PM–2:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation283-039 on Tape 283 (tape position 03:40:26–03:41:08)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 12:37 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 2:09 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 283-039 ↗

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a sidebar call. The brief exchange serves as a procedural step to connect the President with a specific individual for a private conversation. No substantive policy matters or further developments were captured in this recording.

Download MP3 · 0.3 MB

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Each line starts with a timestamp button; press it to play the audio from that point.

Sidebar, please.

On October 6, 1971, 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 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-039 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 283-039
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 10-83]
  • 010-081 11:47 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:55 am.
  • 283-033 11:50 AM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, H. R. Gross, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:50 am to 12:35 pm.
  • 010-082 11:55 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. Gross talked on the telephone from 11:55 am to 12:01 pm.
  • 283-034 12:37 PM · 37 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 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
  • 283-035 12:37 PM · 9 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 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
  • 283-036 12:37 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
  • 283-037 12:37 PM · 6 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 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
  • 283-038 12:37 PM · 17 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 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.

Conversation 283-039, 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/283-039 (accessed October 8, 2026).