Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 607 › Conversation 607-013

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Glenn Davis

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 11:30 AM–11:33 AM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation607-013 on Tape 607 (tape position 02:58:08–02:58:12)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 11:30 AMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 11:33 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 607-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Glenn Davis of Wisconsin. This brief exchange serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate executive communication with a member of the legislative branch. No further substantive discussion or policy developments occur during this brief interaction.

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Congressman Glenn Davis, please, of Wisconsin.

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 an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 607-013

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:30 am and 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 013-026]

Also recorded on October 29, 1971

  • 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.
  • 607-012 11:30 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:33 am.
  • 607-014 11:33 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William D. Ruckelhaus, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker and White House photographer, Glenn R. Davis, Clifford M. Hardin, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, William Harrison Fetridge, John W. Starr, Walter L. Lingle, Jr., Alden G. Barber, Tony Allen, Paul Grimes, Ivery Kevin, Dennis L. Spencer, Robert L. Avery, Robert Meek, Grant Soukup, Darry L. Bellard, Michael S. Jones, Kenneth Spann, John D. Ehrlichman, William F. Rhatican, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:33 am to 12:25 pm.
  • 013-027 11:34 AM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Glenn R. Davis talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:35 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 607-013, 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/607-013 (accessed October 1, 2026).