Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-018

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard J. Daley

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 2:54 PM–3:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-018 on Tape 14 (tape position 00:22:56–00:23:21)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:54 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 3:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-018 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190567 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 10, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-18

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:54 pm and 3:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 299-15A]

     Richard J. Daley's location
          -Secretary
                -Location

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Hello?
Mr. President, Mayor Daley is out someplace, and his secretary happens to be at luncheon two.
She's going to try to locate him, but it might be a half hour or not.
Do you want me to leave a word, or have you tried back?
Uh, his secretary is... She happens to be at luncheon two, but I did contact her, sir, so I'll try to locate the mayor for you, but it might be a half hour before he could return the call.
Well, I could talk to his secretary, then.
Would you like to talk to his secretary?
Yeah.
Fine, Mr. President, I'll call you right back.

Also 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 · 22 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.
  • 014-016 2:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-018, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190567). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-018 (accessed November 2, 2026).