Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 283 › Conversation 283-043
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on personal communication
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 2:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him to an external line to address a personal administrative matter. The sole objective of the brief interaction was to facilitate a phone call regarding a water bill payment. No policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
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 2:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-043 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 283-043
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 2:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 10-85]Also recorded on October 6, 1971
- 010-085 2:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:50 pm.
- 010-086 2:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 283-044 2:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 010-087 2:54 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 2:58 pm.
- 283-045 2:54 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 2:58 pm.
- 010-088 2:59 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
- 283-046 2:59 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
- 010-089 3:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 283-043, 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/283-043 (accessed October 8, 2026).