Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-020

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 3:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-020 on Tape 14 (tape position 00:24:19–00:24:27)StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 3:16 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 3:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-020 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190571 ↗

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On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-020 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 14-20

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: 3:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 299-17]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

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Operator.
Patricia, please.
Patricia.
Patricia, thank you.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 014-019 3:09 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone from 3:09 pm to 3:10 pm.
  • 299-016 3:10 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 014-021 3:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm.
  • 299-017 3:16 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:16 pm.
  • 299-018 3:16 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm.
  • 299-019 3:16 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 4:20 pm.

Conversation 014-020, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190571). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-020 (accessed November 14, 2026).