Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 593 › Conversation 593-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office

Friday, October 15, 1971 · 8:43 AM–9:09 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation593-002 on Tape 593 (tape position 00:08:21–00:08:46)StartFriday, October 15, 1971 at 8:43 AMEndFriday, October 15, 1971 at 9:09 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 593-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with a party on an external line. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.

Audio

part A, 8:21

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:08:21 to 00:08:46 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On October 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 593-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 593-2

Date: October 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:43 am and 9:09 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-96]

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on October 15, 1971

  • 011-096 8:43 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am.
  • 593-001 8:43 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am.
  • 593-003 8:43 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am.
  • 593-004 8:43 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am.
  • 011-097 9:09 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Donald McI. Kendall talked on the telephone from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
  • 593-005 9:09 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Donald McI. Kendall met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
  • 593-006 9:10 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:10 am to 9:36 am.
  • 593-007 9:37 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:37 am to 9:52 am.

All 21 conversations from October 15, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 593-002, October 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/593-002 (accessed November 13, 2026).