Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-016
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard J. Daley
Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 2:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. This brief communication served solely to initiate contact with the Mayor for a subsequent conversation. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-16
Date: November 10, 1971
Time: 2:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 299-13]
Request for a call to Richard J. DaleyAlso recorded on November 10, 1971
- 014-015 2:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 299-010 2:45 PM · 35 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 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 299-011 2:45 PM · 19 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 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 299-013 2:50 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:50 pm.
- 014-017 2:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Barry M. Goldwater talked on the telephone from 2:51 pm to 2:54 pm.
- 299-014 2:51 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Barry M. Goldwater met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:51 pm to 2:54 pm.
- 299-015 2:51 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Richard J. Daley met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 3:16 pm.
- 014-018 2:54 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 3:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-016, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-016 (accessed September 30, 2026).