Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 288 › Conversation 288-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Patrick J. Buchanan

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 8:46 AM–9:19 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation288-009 on Tape 288 (tape position 00:20:20–00:20:30)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 8:46 AMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 9:19 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 288-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication with Patrick J. Buchanan. The conversation served exclusively as a procedural request to initiate this contact. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief interaction.

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NARA Description

On October 12, 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 8:46 am and 9:19 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 288-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 288-9

Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:46 am and 9:19 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-50]

     Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Also recorded on October 12, 1971

  • 288-004 8:25 AM · 1 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 8:25 am and 8:30 am.
  • 011-048 8:30 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:30 am.
  • 288-005 8:30 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:30 am.
  • 288-006 8:30 AM · 6 min — 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 8:30 am and 8:40 am.
  • 011-049 8:40 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:40 am to 8:46 am.
  • 288-007 8:40 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:40 am to 8:46 am.
  • 011-050 8:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:19 am.
  • 288-008 8:46 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:19 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 288-009, October 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/288-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).