Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-127

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Arthur F. Burns

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 6:25 PM–6:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-127 on Tape 13 (tape position 04:08:48–04:08:53)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 6:25 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 6:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-127 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Arthur F. Burns. This administrative communication served as the setup for a subsequent conversation with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Dr. Burns please.
Thank you sir.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-127 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-127

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 614-22]

     Request for a call to Arthur F. Burns

Also recorded on November 4, 1971

  • 082-001 5:06 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and selected Republican members of the House of Representatives, including Samuel L. Devine, Carleton J. King, William L. Dickinson, John E. Hunt, John H. Kyl, James M. Collins, Robert H. Michel, John Rousselot, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Alexander P. Butterfield, and John D. Ehrlichman, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:06 pm to 6:23 pm.
  • 614-019 5:06 PM · 31 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 6:23 pm.
  • 614-021 6:23 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:23 pm to 6:25 pm.
  • 013-128 6:25 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 614-022 6:25 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 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 614-023 6:25 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 614-024 6:28 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:28 pm to 6:47 pm.
  • 614-025 6:47 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:47 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-127, 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/013-127 (accessed October 12, 2026).