Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-063

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 6:30 PM–7:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-063 on Tape 14 (tape position 02:06:08–02:06:12)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 6:30 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 7:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-063 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190657 ↗

A 4-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On November 11, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-063 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 14-63

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 7:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Unintentional telephone call

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Yes, please.
I'm sorry I rang that.
  • 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.
  • 014-060 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.
  • 014-061 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.
  • 014-064 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.

Conversation 014-063, November 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190657). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-063 (accessed November 2, 2026).