Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 13 › Conversation 013-150

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on telephony

Friday, November 5, 1971 · 11:04 AM–11:06 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation013-150 on Tape 13 (tape position 04:21:58–04:22:14)StartFriday, November 5, 1971 at 11:04 AMEndFriday, November 5, 1971 at 11:06 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 013-150 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to reach another party for a subsequent conversation. No substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this interaction.

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NARA Description

On November 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-150 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 013-150

Date: November 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:04 am and 11:06 am
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. 615-14]

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[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 02/11/2019 with new
guidance. Segment cleared for release.]
[Federal Statute]
[013-150-w001]
[Duration: 15s]

       President’s call to Ted Brehm
              -George Washington University Hospital

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Also recorded on November 5, 1971

615-012 11:00 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. John Heinz, III, Teresa (Simoes-Ferreira) Heinz, and Richard K. Cook met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:00 am to 11:04 am.
615-013 11:04 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:06 am.
615-014 11:04 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:06 am.
013-151 11:06 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:06 am.
013-152 11:07 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 11:07 am to 11:09 am.
615-015 11:07 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:09 am.
615-016 11:09 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am.
615-017 11:09 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 013-150, November 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-150 (accessed October 12, 2026).