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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191239 ↗

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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

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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.

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 · 43 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 (NAID 417191239). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-197 (accessed November 4, 2026).