Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 292 › Conversation 292-025

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Billy Graham

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 5:50 PM–6:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 54 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation292-025 on Tape 292 (tape position 02:36:55–02:37:46)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 5:50 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 6:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to evangelist Billy Graham. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and Graham. No further substance or policy decisions were captured in this exchange.

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I was going to tell you that I feel that on this initiative that that's something that we ought to perhaps the first bite on that is you and I ought to sit down and talk about it so that I sort of get a good feel of it and then you should get at how it isn't something that really should be sort of a consensus anyway.

NARA Description

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 an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 292-25

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm

Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-147]

     Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 011-144 5:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:48 pm.
  • 011-145 5:43 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:48 pm.
  • 292-019 5:43 PM · 20 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 5:43 pm and 5:49 pm.
  • 011-146 5:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.
  • 292-022 5:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.
  • 011-147 5:50 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:50 pm to 6:04 pm.
  • 292-023 5:50 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 292-024 5:50 PM · 2 min — 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 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 292-025, 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/292-025 (accessed September 28, 2026).