Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-053

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House switchboard

Monday, November 1, 1971 · 1:46 PM–2:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-053 on Tape 13 (tape position 02:03:19–02:03:28)StartMonday, November 1, 1971 at 1:46 PMEndMonday, November 1, 1971 at 2:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-053 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190321 ↗

A 9-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-053 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-053

Date: November 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 302-26]

     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

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Also recorded on November 1, 1971

  • 302-019 1:46 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-020 1:46 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-021 1:46 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-022 1:46 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-023 1:46 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-024 1:46 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-025 1:46 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-026 1:46 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-053, November 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190321). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-053 (accessed October 29, 2026).