Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 798 › Conversation 798-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential operations

Saturday, October 14, 1972 · 10:56 AM–10:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation798-008 on Tape 798StartSaturday, October 14, 1972 at 10:56 AMEndSaturday, October 14, 1972 at 10:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 798-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This interaction served a logistical purpose, as the President utilized the operator's services to initiate a phone call. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 10:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 798-8

Date: October 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 10:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 31-44]

Also recorded on October 14, 1972

  • 798-005 10:39 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 10:42 am.
  • 798-006 10:39 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 10:42 am.
  • 031-044 10:42 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:42 am and 10:58 am.
  • 798-007 10:42 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:42 am to 10:56 am.
  • 798-009 10:56 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 10:58 am.
  • 031-045 10:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:58 am to 11:01 am.
  • 798-010 10:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:58 am to 11:01 am.
  • 798-011 11:01 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:17 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 798-008, October 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/798-008 (accessed October 10, 2026).