Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-115

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Joel T. Broyhill

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 1:05 PM–1:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-115 on Tape 13 (tape position 03:58:13–03:58:24)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 1:05 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 1:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-115 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Joel T. Broyhill. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate communication with the representative. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.

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Congressman Broyhill, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-115 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 013-115

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 614-4]

     Request for a call to Joel T. Broyhill
  • 013-116 1:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:10 pm.
  • 614-004 1:05 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:10 pm.
  • 614-005 1:05 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:10 pm.
  • 614-006 1:05 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:10 pm.
  • 614-007 1:10 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:10 pm to 1:48 pm.
  • 013-117 1:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Robert H. Steele talked on the telephone from 1:11 pm to 1:12 pm.
  • 013-118 1:12 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:12 pm.
  • 013-119 1:12 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 1:48 pm.

Conversation 013-115, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-115 (accessed September 30, 2026).