Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 596 › Conversation 596-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 12:53 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation596-014 on Tape 596 (tape position 02:38:02–02:38:12)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:53 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 12:53 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 596-014 ↗

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On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 596-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 596-14

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: 12:53 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-130]

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And I said that since you were unable to have a basic lifter, that you're extending your own lens so it's often one of those little bow pins or something like that.
Congratulations to Mr. Robson, Dr. Robson, and all that.

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 011-128 12:42 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard H. Poff talked on the telephone from 12:42 pm to 12:43 pm.
  • 011-129 12:45 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm.
  • 011-130 12:46 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:54 pm.
  • 596-015 12:53 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 12:54 pm.
  • 011-131 12:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 12:54 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 011-132 12:54 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 1:26 pm.
  • 596-016 12:54 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:54 pm to 12:56 pm.
  • 596-017 12:56 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 596-014, 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/596-014 (accessed November 2, 2026).