Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-078
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Algeria and Travel history
Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 3:11 PM–6:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and the White House operator discuss the President’s past travel history to Algeria. The brief exchange serves as a logistical check to verify details regarding his previous international itineraries. No significant policy decisions are reached, as the call functions primarily as an administrative inquiry regarding scheduling records.
- Presidential schedule
- Algeria
- Travel history
- Administrative coordination
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NARA Description
On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 6:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-078 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-078
Date: November 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:11 pm and 6:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 613-5A]
The President's schedule
-Previous trips to AlgeriaAlso recorded on November 2, 1971
- 013-075 2:26 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:34 pm.
- 300-007 2:26 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:34 pm.
- 013-076 3:00 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 613-001 3:00 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 013-077 3:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 613-002 3:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:07 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 613-003 3:15 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:15 pm to 3:37 pm.
- 081-004 3:37 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cabinet Committee on Executive Reorganization, including Rogers C. B. Morton, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, George P. Shultz, J. Philip Campbell, David Maxwell, Frank C. Carlucci, III, Egil G. ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., William L. Gifford, Neal Ball, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Dwight A. Ink, and John D. Ehrlichman., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:37 pm to 4:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-078, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-078 (accessed September 30, 2026).