Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 797 › Conversation 797-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Telecommunications

Friday, October 13, 1972 · 9:37 AM–9:44 AM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation797-001 on Tape 797StartFriday, October 13, 1972 at 9:37 AMEndFriday, October 13, 1972 at 9:44 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 797-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a technical precursor to the President’s subsequent telephonic communications. No policy decisions or substantive political deliberations occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:37 am and 9:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 797-1

Date: October 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:37 am and 9:44 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 31-36]

Also recorded on October 13, 1972

  • 031-036 9:37 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:37 am and 9:44 am.
  • 031-037 9:44 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:47 am.
  • 797-002 9:44 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:44 am.
  • 797-003 9:44 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:44 am to 10:05 am.
  • 108-003 10:06 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Pay Board, including George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. Boldt, William G. Caples, Donald Cagle, Kermit Gordon, Dr. Neil H. Jacoby, Rocco C. Siciliano, Arnold R. Weber, and Robert P. Tiernan, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:06 am to 10:51 am.
  • 797-034 10:06 AM · 24 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:51 am.
  • 797-004 10:51 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:51 am.
  • 797-005 10:51 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 11:17 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 797-001, October 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/797-001 (accessed October 10, 2026).