Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 601 › Conversation 601-027

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telephony

Monday, October 25, 1971 · 12:25 PM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation601-027 on Tape 601 (tape position 03:31:02–03:31:06)StartMonday, October 25, 1971 at 12:25 PMEndMonday, October 25, 1971 at 12:25 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 601-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a logistical purpose to connect the President with another party for official communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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Yeah.
Yeah.

NARA Description

On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 601-27

Date: October 25, 1971
Time: 12:25 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 12-108]

Also recorded on October 25, 1971

  • 012-109 12:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 601-028 12:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 012-110 12:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 601-029 12:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 012-111 12:20 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:31 pm.
  • 601-030 12:20 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:20 pm to 12:31 pm.
  • 601-031 12:31 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 601-032 12:31 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 601-027, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-027 (accessed October 12, 2026).