Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-100
Nixon phone call with Smith on Presidential commendation and Little League
Sunday, November 14, 1971 · 10:37 PM–10:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon called Donald Smith at a Veterans Center in Dublin to personally congratulate him on being named one of Georgia's Outstanding Young Men of the Year. The President commended Smith for his resilience following personal hardship and praised his ongoing dedication to coaching a Little League baseball team. Nixon utilized the call to express national support for Smith’s efforts and to encourage him to continue serving as an inspirational figure for local youth.
- Donald Smith
- Presidential commendation
- Georgia's Outstanding Young Men of the Year
- Little League
- Veterans affairs
- Public relations
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.
Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data
Each line starts with a timestamp button; press it to play the audio from that point.
NARA Description
On November 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Donald Smith talked on the telephone from 10:37 pm to 10:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-100 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-100
Date: November 14, 1971
Time: 10:37 pm - 10:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Donald Smith
-Location
The President talked with Smith.
News story regarding Smith
-Award
Smith's activitiesAlso recorded on November 15, 1971
- 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.
- 014-095 9:45 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 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.
- 082-004 12:00 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cost of Living Council, including John B. Connally, Paul W. McCracken, Arthur F. Burns, J. Philip Campbell, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney, George P. Shultz, Virginia H. Knauer, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Herbert Stein, Peter M. Flanigan, Joseph Mullaney, Earl D. Rhode, Richard B. Cheney, Albert E. Abrahams, Marvin H. Kosters, Joseph E. Malaga, Richard J. Alfultis, William I. ("Bill") Greener, Jr., James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Donald A. Paarlberg, J. Charles Partee, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dr. C. Jackson ("Dan") Grayson, Jr., George H. Boldt, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 3:36 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-100, 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/014-100 (accessed October 12, 2026).