Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 568 › Conversation 568-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Telecommunications

Thursday, September 9, 1971 · 4:05 PM–5:06 PM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation568-011 on Tape 568 (tape position 02:08:46–02:08:59)StartThursday, September 9, 1971 at 4:05 PMEndThursday, September 9, 1971 at 5:06 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 568-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction served as a routine administrative task to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 5:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 568-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 568-11

Date: September 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:05 pm and 5:06 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 8-78]

Also recorded on September 9, 1971

  • 568-005 3:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 568-006 3:34 PM · 18 min — Stephen B. Bull, Ezra Solomon, Janet Lorraine Solomon, Catherine Solomon, Janet Solomon, Herbert Stein, Lorna Solomon, Judge Charles R. Richey, George P. Shultz and White House photographer, unknown person(s), Frank C. Carlucci, III, Jean Phyliss (Anthony) Carlucci, Karen Carlucci, Frank C. Carlucci, IV, Frank C. Carlucci, II, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 3:56 pm.
  • 568-007 3:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:56 pm.
  • 568-008 3:56 PM · 47 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:56 pm to 3:57 pm.
  • 568-009 3:58 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 5:06 pm.
  • 568-010 4:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 5:06 pm.
  • 568-012 4:05 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 6:00 pm.
  • 008-079 5:06 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 5:06 pm to 5:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 568-011, September 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/568-011 (accessed October 9, 2026).