Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-113
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor
Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 4:55 PM–5:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Clark MacGregor. This brief administrative exchange serves as the logistical initiation of a conversation between the President and his Congressional liaison. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection.
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NARA Description
On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 5:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-113 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-113
Date: November 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 5:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 612-4F]
Request for a call to Clark MacGregorAlso 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.
- 013-111 4:43 PM · 9 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 013-114 5:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:04 pm to 5:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-113, 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/013-113 (accessed October 12, 2026).