Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 607 › Conversation 607-005

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 10:35 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation607-005 on Tape 607 (tape position 02:03:50–02:03:56)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 10:35 AMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 10:35 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 607-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion serves a purely logistical purpose, functioning as a bridge to connect the President with another party for a separate, subsequent conversation. No policy matters or substantive political topics are addressed during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 607-005

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 10:35 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 013-024]

Also recorded on October 29, 1971

  • 607-006 10:35 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:36 am.
  • 013-025 10:36 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 10:36 am to 10:45 am.
  • 607-007 10:36 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 10:45 am.
  • 607-008 10:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:46 am.
  • 607-009 10:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:46 am.
  • 013-026 10:46 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:34 am.
  • 607-010 10:46 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:46 am to 11:00 am.
  • 607-011 11:01 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur F. Burns, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:01 am to 11:30 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 607-005, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/607-005 (accessed October 1, 2026).