Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 31 › Conversation 031-008

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Allan Shivers

Friday, October 6, 1972 · 10:06 AM–10:10 AM ET · White House Telephone ·16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation031-008 onTape 31StartFriday, October 6, 1972 at 10:06 AMEndFriday, October 6, 1972 at 10:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to former Texas Governor Allan Shivers. The conversation is strictly logistical, serving as a brief administrative interaction to facilitate communication between the President and the former governor. No further political or policy matters are discussed during this short exchange.

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Would you get me former Governor Alan Shivers of Texas, please?
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-8

Date: October 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:06 am and 10:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 793-9A]

        Request for a call to Allan Shivers

Also recorded on October 6, 1972

  • 108-001 8:55 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Black Executive Advisory Committee of the Committee to Re-elect the President, including Frank B. McKissick, Sr., Charles Hurst, Samuel C. Jackson, W. O. Walker, Robert J. Brown, Clark MacGregor, Frederick V. Malek, Frank C. Herringer, Paul R. Jones, Stanley S. Scott, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:55 am and 9:28 am.
  • 793-006 9:06 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:06 am to 9:28 am.
  • 793-007 9:30 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 10:03 am.
  • 793-008 10:03 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:03 am.
  • 793-009 10:03 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, Allan Shivers, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:06 am.
  • 793-010 10:06 AM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Pote Sarasin, Anand Panyarachun, John H. Holdridge, White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:06 am to 10:36 am.
  • 031-009 10:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Allan Shivers talked on the telephone from 10:14 am to 10:16 am.
  • 793-011 10:37 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:37 am to 11:20 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-008, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).