Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-111

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Philip M. Crane

Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 4:43 PM–4:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-111 on Tape 13 (tape position 03:52:40–03:52:49)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 4:43 PMEndWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 4:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-111 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with Congressman Philip M. Crane of Illinois. This communication served as a logistical step to facilitate direct contact between the President and the Representative. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this operator-assisted connection.

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Congressman Philip Crane of Illinois.
Thank you sir.

NARA Description

On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and 4:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-111 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-111

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

Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:43 pm and 4:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 612-4D]

     Request for a call to Phillip M. Crane

Also recorded on November 3, 1971

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  • 013-108 4:34 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Russell B. Long talked on the telephone from 4:34 pm to 4:40 pm.
  • 612-004 4:34 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Russell B. Long met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:34 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 013-109 4:40 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 4:42 pm.
  • 013-110 4:42 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 4:42 pm to 4:43 pm.
  • 013-112 4:54 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Philip M. Crane talked on the telephone from 4:54 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 013-113 4:55 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 5:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-111, 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/013-111 (accessed October 12, 2026).