Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-101

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Frank S. Farley

Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 2:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-101 on Tape 13 (tape position 03:39:46–03:40:07)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 2:39 PMEndWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-101 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Frank S. "Hap" Farley, a state senator from Atlantic City, New Jersey. The President provided the operator with the necessary identifying information to locate Farley and facilitate the connection. No further discussion occurred during this brief exchange regarding the purpose of the call.

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Would you get me Senator Farley, Hap Farley, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, please?
And that was Senator?
Senator Hap Farley.
Fine.
That's a nickname.
Fine.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-101 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-101

Date: November 3, 1971
Time: 2:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 301-17]

     Request for a call to Frank S. ("Hap") Farley

Also recorded on November 3, 1971

  • 301-017 2:39 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:39 pm.
  • 301-018 2:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:44 pm.
  • 013-102 2:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank S. Farley talked on the telephone from 2:44 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 301-019 2:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frank S. Farley met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:44 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 013-103 2:45 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 301-020 2:45 PM · 2 min — 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 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 301-021 2:45 PM · 8 min — 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 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 301-022 2:45 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 an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-101, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-101 (accessed October 12, 2026).