Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-074

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George P. Shultz

Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 2:03 PM–2:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-074 on Tape 13 (tape position 02:39:06–02:39:12)StartTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 2:03 PMEndTuesday, November 2, 1971 at 2:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-074 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190363 ↗

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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 2:03 pm and 2:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-074 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 013-074

Date: November 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:03 pm and 2:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 300-6]

     Request for a call to George P. Shultz

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Please.
Schultz please.
Thank you sir.
  • 013-072 1:15 PM · 12 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 300-004 1:31 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:31 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 300-005 1:31 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:31 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 300-006 2:03 PM · 7 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 2:03 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 013-075 2:26 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:34 pm.
  • 300-007 2:26 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:34 pm.

Conversation 013-074, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190363). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-074 (accessed November 2, 2026).