Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-197

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Wallace F. Bennett

Thursday, December 2, 1971 · 11:31 AM–12:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-197 on Tape 15 (tape position 05:54:48–05:55:09)StartThursday, December 2, 1971 at 11:31 AMEndThursday, December 2, 1971 at 12:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-197 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator facilitate a call to Senator Wallace F. Bennett. The operator informed the President that Senator Bennett was currently hospitalized and provided the necessary contact information for his room. This brief administrative interaction concluded with the President confirming the phone number to reach the Senator.

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Senator Bennett, please.
I believe he's been sick.
He may be in the hospital.
Yeah, room 1200.
Well, here's the number.
Okay.
You have 295-0892.
0892.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-197 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-197

Date: December 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:31 am and 12:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 628-3]

     Request for a call to Wallace F. Bennett
         -Bennett's location
                -Phone number
                -Surgery

Also recorded on December 2, 1971

  • 628-001 11:31 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:35 am.
  • 628-002 11:35 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:13 pm.
  • 628-003 12:13 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:13 pm.
  • 015-198 12:15 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Frances (Grant) Bennett talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 628-004 12:15 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Frances (Grant) Bennett met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 628-005 12:17 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 628-006 12:21 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:21 pm to 12:43 pm.
  • 628-007 12:43 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-197, December 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/015-197 (accessed October 5, 2026).