Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 602 › Conversation 602-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House operator

Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 11:09 AM–11:13 AM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation602-002 on Tape 602 (tape position 01:41:23–01:41:53)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 11:09 AMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 11:13 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 602-002 ↗

AI Summary

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

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NARA Description

On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 602-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 602-2

Date: October 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:09 am and 11:13 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 13-7]

Also recorded on October 26, 1971

  • 602-003 11:09 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am.
  • 013-008 11:13 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan talked on the telephone from 11:13 am to 11:25 am.
  • 602-004 11:13 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:13 am to 11:25 am.
  • 602-005 11:24 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:24 am to 11:29 am.
  • 013-009 11:25 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:37 am.
  • 602-006 11:35 AM · 42 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Wallace F. Bennett, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:18 pm.
  • 013-010 11:37 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 11:37 am to 11:42 am.
  • 013-011 11:42 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 1:41 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 602-002, October 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/602-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).