Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-117
Nixon phone call with Steele on Republican Party and Birthday
Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 1:11 PM–1:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated this brief courtesy call to Representative Robert H. Steele to offer personal birthday greetings. Beyond the well-wishes, the President specifically commended Steele for his effective political outreach and appeal to younger voters. The conversation served primarily as a gesture of rapport-building between the President and a junior Republican legislator.
- Robert H. Steele
- Republican Party
- Birthday
- Political communication
- Youth appeal
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NARA Description
On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Robert H. Steele talked on the telephone from 1:11 pm to 1:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-117 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 013-117
Date: November 4, 1971
Time: 1:11 pm - 1:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 614-7A]
President's call to Joel T. Broyhill
President's call to Robert H. Steele
The President talked with Steele.
Steele's birthday
Steele's appeal to youth
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[013-117-w001]
[Duration: 7s]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Robert H. Steele
-Support for President in 1972 campaign
-Connecticut
**********************************************************************Also recorded on November 4, 1971
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- 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.
- 013-118 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 013-117, 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/013-117 (accessed September 30, 2026).