Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-006

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Silvio O. Conte and Congress

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 4:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-006 on Tape 14 (tape position 00:02:07–00:02:18)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 4:24 PMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 4:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts. The exchange served strictly as a procedural request to facilitate communication between the President and the Representative. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief administrative interaction.

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Yes, please.
Congressman Conte of, uh, Silvio Conte of Massachusetts, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-6

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: 4:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 300-40]

     Request for a call to Silvio O. Conte

Also recorded on November 9, 1971

  • 014-007 4:24 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-040 4:24 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:24 pm.
  • 300-041 4:24 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-042 4:24 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-043 4:24 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 014-008 4:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Silvio O. Conte talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 300-044 4:31 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Silvio O. Conte met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 300-045 4:36 PM · 29 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-006, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).