Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-072

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 1:15 PM–1:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-072 on Tape 13 (tape position 02:37:40–02:37:51)StartTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 1:15 PMEndTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 1:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-072 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190359 ↗

A 12-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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On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-072 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 013-072

Date: November 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 300-2]

     Request for a call to William P. Rogers

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Yes, please.
Secretary Rogers, please.
He's at a lunch at the State Department, but you can call him out of the lunch.
All right, sir.
  • 013-070 1:06 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John H. Rousselot talked on the telephone from 1:06 pm to 1:08 pm.
  • 013-071 1:09 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Barber B. Conable, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
  • 611-022 1:13 PM · 10 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 611-023 1:13 PM · 34 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 300-001 1:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 300-002 1:15 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 013-073 1:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.
  • 300-003 1:30 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.

Conversation 013-072, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190359). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-072 (accessed November 14, 2026).