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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-078 on Tape 13 (tape position 02:50:23–02:50:35)StartTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 3:11 PMEndTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 6:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-078 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190371 ↗

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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 Algeria

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Yeah.
Rosemary Woods calling.
Yeah.

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  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-078, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190371). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-078 (accessed November 1, 2026).