Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 291 › Conversation 291-002

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

Tuesday, October 12, 1971 · 8:37 PM–9:07 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation291-002 on Tape 291 (tape position 00:06:42–00:06:58)StartTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 8:37 PMEndTuesday, October 12, 1971 at 9:07 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 291-002 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction focused entirely on establishing this connection. No substantive political or administrative matters were addressed during this exchange.

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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 8:37 pm and 9:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 291-2

Date: October 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:37 pm and 9:07 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-69]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
  • 291-001 8:37 PM · 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 8:37 pm and 9:07 pm.
  • 011-070 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
  • 291-003 9:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
  • 011-071 9:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm.
  • 291-004 9:09 PM · 8 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 9:09 pm and 9:12 pm.
  • 011-072 9:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
  • 291-005 9:12 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:12 pm to 9:13 pm.
  • 291-006 9:13 PM · 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 9:13 pm and 9:41 pm.

Conversation 291-002, October 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-002 (accessed September 28, 2026).