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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Despite being informed that Rogers was attending a lunch, the President insisted that the Secretary be pulled from the event to speak with him. This brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to a subsequent conversation between the two men.

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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.

NARA Description

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.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-072

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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

Also recorded on November 2, 1971

  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-072, 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/013-072 (accessed September 30, 2026).