Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 285 › Conversation 285-023

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

Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 12:51 PM–1:02 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation285-023 on Tape 285 (tape position 03:04:56–03:05:21)StartThursday, October 7, 1971 at 12:51 PMEndThursday, October 7, 1971 at 1:02 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 285-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon interacted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused on establishing a telephonic connection to another party. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this transition.

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There's a door after this.

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 an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 285-023

Date: October 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 10-132]

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

Also recorded on October 7, 1971

  • 010-131 12:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 12:48 pm to 12:51 pm.
  • 285-022 12:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:48 pm to 12:51 pm.
  • 010-132 12:51 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 285-024 12:51 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 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 010-133 1:02 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:02 pm.
  • 010-134 1:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm.
  • 285-025 1:02 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm.
  • 010-135 1:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 1:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 285-023, 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/285-023 (accessed October 6, 2026).