Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-103

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Paul F. Healy

Monday, November 15, 1971 · 11:09 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-103 on Tape 14 (tape position 03:20:41–03:20:52)StartMonday, November 15, 1971 at 11:09 AMEndMonday, November 15, 1971 at 11:09 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-103 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Paul F. Healy, a correspondent for the New York Daily News. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to connect the President with the reporter. This action indicates an effort by the administration to initiate direct communication with a member of the press.

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Did you get me Paul Healy of the New York Daily News here in Washington?
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:09 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-103 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-103

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: 11:09 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 618-18A]

     Request for a call to Paul F. Healy

Also recorded on November 15, 1971

  • 618-013 10:24 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:24 am to 11:01 am.
  • 618-014 11:01 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:02 am.
  • 618-015 11:02 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:04 am.
  • 618-016 11:02 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:04 am.
  • 618-017 11:04 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:05 am.
  • 618-018 11:07 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:10 am.
  • 014-104 11:10 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:23 am.
  • 618-019 11:10 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 12:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-103, 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/014-103 (accessed October 12, 2026).