Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-060
Nixon phone call with Kissinger on John J. McCloy and Communication logistics
Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 6:30 PM–6:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon coordinated with the White House operator to place an urgent call to prominent attorney John J. McCloy. Kissinger provided assistance in locating McCloy’s contact information, directing the operator to reach him at his private residence. The conversation focused exclusively on the logistics of establishing this communication link.
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NARA Description
On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-060 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-60
Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 298-45A]
[Henry A. Kissinger can be heard in the background]
Request for a call to John J. McCloy
-Kissinger's office
-Phone numberAlso recorded on November 11, 1971
- 014-058 6:16 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:21 pm.
- 014-059 6:21 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 6:21 pm to 6:29 pm.
- 298-044 6:21 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:21 pm to 6:29 pm.
- 014-061 6:30 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm.
- 014-062 6:30 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and John J. McCloy talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm.
- 014-063 6:30 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 7:11 pm.
- 014-064 6:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 7:11 pm.
- 298-045 6:30 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and John J. McCloy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-060, 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/014-060 (accessed September 30, 2026).