Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-088

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Sunday, November 14, 1971 · 2:00 PM–5:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-088 on Tape 14 (tape position 03:02:34–03:02:39)StartSunday, November 14, 1971 at 2:00 PMEndSunday, November 14, 1971 at 5:01 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-088 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as a request for the operator to connect the President to his wife. No policy matters or administrative business were discussed during this brief communication.

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Yes, P.S.
Mrs. Nixon, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 5:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-088 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-88

Date: November 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 5:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 296-14]

     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on November 14, 1971

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  • 296-006 1:19 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 296-007 1:19 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 296-008 1:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 296-009 1:19 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 296-010 1:19 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 296-011 1:19 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 5:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-088, November 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-088 (accessed October 1, 2026).