Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-095

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ralph Sambuchi

Sunday, November 14, 1971 · 9:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-095 on Tape 14 (tape position 03:14:03–03:14:23)StartSunday, November 14, 1971 at 9:45 PMEndSunday, November 14, 1971 at 9:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-095 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to arrange a personal telephone call to Captain Ralph Sambuchi. The President specifically requested that the operator reach out to the captain, who was currently admitted as a patient at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. This interaction functioned as a administrative request to facilitate a direct communication between the President and a hospitalized servicemember.

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I wonder if you could get me Captain Ralph Sambucci.
That's S-A-M-B-U-C-H-I.
He's a patient at Walter Reed Hospital here in Washington.
Yes, Mr. President.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-095 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-95

Date: November 14, 1971
Time: 9:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Ralph A. Sambuchi

Also recorded on November 15, 1971

  • 014-090 8:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:58 pm.
  • 014-091 8:58 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:58 pm and 9:19 pm.
  • 014-093 9:19 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 9:19 pm to 9:29 pm.
  • 014-094 9:30 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John H. Terry talked on the telephone from 9:30 pm to 9:31 pm.
  • 014-096 9:46 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:46 pm.
  • 014-097 9:46 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:46 pm and 9:56 pm.
  • 014-098 9:56 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Willis O. Preston, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:56 pm to 9:58 pm.
  • 014-099 10:04 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Ralph A. Sanbuchi talked on the telephone from 10:04 pm to 10:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-095, November 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-095 (accessed October 9, 2026).