Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-021
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator
Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 3:16 PM–3:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, through the White House operator. Upon learning that she was unavailable, the President chose to forgo the attempt and instructed the operator to hold off on further efforts. No substantive policy matters or official developments were discussed during this brief 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 an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-21
Date: November 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:16 pm and 3:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 299-19A]
Tricia Nixon CoxAlso recorded on November 10, 1971
- 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.
- 014-020 3:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:16 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-021, 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/014-021 (accessed October 22, 2026).