Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 14 › Conversation 014-063
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on telephone communications
Thursday, November 11, 1971 · 6:30 PM–7:11 PM ET · White House Telephone ·4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon communicated with a White House operator regarding an error in the telephone connection process. The operator acknowledged that the call had been placed unintentionally and apologized for the mistake. No substantive policy matters or official business were conducted during this brief exchange.
- White House operations
- telephone communications
- administrative error
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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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 callAlso 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.
- 014-060 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-063, 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/014-063 (accessed September 18, 2026).