Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 285 › Conversation 285-041
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telephone management
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 3:32 PM–3:43 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to request a break in telephone operations. This short exchange serves as a routine administrative request regarding the management of the President's incoming call line. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this brief communication.
- White House operations
- Telephone management
- Presidential communications
- Administrative request
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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 3:32 pm and 3:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 285-041 Date: October 7, 1971 Time: Unknown between 3:32 pm and 3:43 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 10-137]
Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 010-136 3:25 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:32 pm.
- 285-039 3:25 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:25 pm to 3:32 pm.
- 010-137 3:32 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:32 pm and 3:43 pm.
- 285-040 3:32 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:32 pm and 3:43 pm.
- 010-138 3:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:48 pm.
- 285-042 3:43 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 3:48 pm.
- 010-139 3:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:12 pm.
- 285-043 3:48 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:12 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 285-041, 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/285-041 (accessed October 6, 2026).