Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-066

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Barber B. Conable Jr.

Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 12:43 PM–12:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-066 on Tape 13 (tape position 02:34:01–02:34:09)StartTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 12:43 PMEndTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 12:47 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-066 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Congressman Barber B. Conable, Jr. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with the New York representative. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief request.

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Congressman Barbara Conable of New York, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-066 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-066

Date: November 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 611-19]

     Request for a call to Barber B. Conable, Jr.

Also recorded on November 2, 1971

013-065 12:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm.
013-067 12:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm.
611-015 12:43 PM · 14 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 12:47 pm.
611-016 12:43 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm.
611-017 12:43 PM · 11 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 12:47 pm.
611-018 12:43 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm.
611-019 12:43 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm.
611-020 12:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-066, 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/013-066 (accessed October 12, 2026).