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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on John N. Mitchell

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 2:53 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation292-006 on Tape 292 (tape position 00:08:13–00:08:40)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 2:53 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 2:53 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-006 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The primary objective of the interaction was to initiate this specific high-level communication. No further business was conducted beyond the request to reach the Attorney General.

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On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-006 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 292-6

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: 2:53 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-137]

     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell
  • 292-001 1:45 PM · 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 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 292-002 1:45 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 1:45 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 292-007 2:53 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 292-008 2:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 011-138 3:00 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 3:00 pm to 3:05 pm.
  • 292-009 3:00 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:05 pm.
  • 292-010 3:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:05 pm.
  • 292-011 3:05 PM · 1 hr 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 5:05 pm.

Conversation 292-006, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/292-006 (accessed September 28, 2026).