Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-048

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hugh Scott

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 4:24 PM–4:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-048 on Tape 14 (tape position 01:17:13–01:17:19)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 4:24 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 4:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-048 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to connect the President with Senator Scott. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific interaction.

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Please.
Hugh Scott, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-48

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:24 pm and 4:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 298-30]

     Request for a call to Hugh Scott

Also recorded on November 11, 1971

  • 014-046 4:19 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:19 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 298-026 4:19 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:19 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 298-027 4:19 PM · 8 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 4:19 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 014-047 4:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:22 pm to 4:24 pm.
  • 298-028 4:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:22 pm to 4:24 pm.
  • 298-029 4:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:29 pm.
  • 298-030 4:24 PM · 5 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 4:29 pm.
  • 298-031 4:24 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-048, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-048 (accessed October 12, 2026).