Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-123
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 4:50 PM–4:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
An 11-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 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-123 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-123
Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 614-15]
Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on November 4, 1971
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- 614-015 4:50 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.
- 614-016 4:50 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.
- 013-124 4:54 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:54 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 614-017 4:54 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:54 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 013-125 4:55 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:57 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-123, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190461). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-123 (accessed November 1, 2026).