Nixon White House TapesTape 14 › Conversation 014-064

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William Proxmire

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation014-064 onTape 14 (tape position 02:06:12–02:06:18)StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 6:30 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 7:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-064 ↗

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator William Proxmire. The request served as a preliminary administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Senator. No further discussion occurred during this brief exchange.

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Yes, please.
Senator Proxmire, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

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 014-064 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 14-64

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.

     Request for a call to William Proxmire
  • 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.
  • 014-063 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.
  • 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 014-064, 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/014-064 (accessed September 18, 2026).