Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-097

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Walter H. Annenberg

Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 12:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-097 on Tape 13 (tape position 03:32:50–03:32:56)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 12:16 PMEndWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-097 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190409 ↗

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On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-097 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 013-097

Date: November 3, 1971
Time: 12:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 301-8]

     Request for a call to Walter H. Annenberg

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Do you get Ambassador Annenberg in London, please?
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
  • 013-098 12:16 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 301-008 12:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:16 pm.
  • 301-009 12:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 301-010 12:16 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 301-011 12:16 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 301-012 12:16 PM · 3 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 12:16 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 301-013 12:20 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:20 pm to 1:16 pm.
  • 013-099 12:22 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:22 pm to 12:23 pm.

Conversation 013-097, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190409). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-097 (accessed November 14, 2026).