Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 285 › Conversation 285-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 9:22 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation285-009 on Tape 285 (tape position 00:30:28–00:30:32)StartThursday, October 7, 1971 at 9:22 AMEndThursday, October 7, 1971 at 9:22 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 285-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a logistical purpose to connect the President with a specific party identified as the Sapphire Company. The conversation functioned solely as a brief administrative step to initiate external communication.

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Sapphire Company, you'll be pleased.

NARA Description

On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:22 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 285-009

Date: October 7, 1971

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Time: 9:22 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 10-110]

Also recorded on October 7, 1971

  • 285-006 8:30 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:50 am.
  • 285-007 8:30 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:50 am.
  • 285-008 8:50 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:50 am to 9:10 am.
  • 010-110 9:22 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:22 am.
  • 010-111 9:22 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:22 am and 10:24 am.
  • 010-112 9:22 AM · 1 min — the White House operator, William L. Safire, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:22 am and 10:24 am.
  • 285-010 9:22 AM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William L. Safire, White House operator, John B. Connally, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:22 am and 10:24 am.
  • 010-113 10:24 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:24 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 285-009, October 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-009 (accessed October 6, 2026).