Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-105

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Howard H. Baker Jr.

Monday, November 15, 1971 · 2:13 PM–2:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-105 on Tape 14 (tape position 03:21:02–03:21:11)StartMonday, November 15, 1971 at 2:13 PMEndMonday, November 15, 1971 at 2:19 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-105 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves as a routine coordination step to facilitate communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.

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Senator Baker.
Yes sir, thanks.

NARA Description

On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-105 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-105

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 618-37]

     Request for a call to Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Also recorded on November 15, 1971

  • 618-027 1:16 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm.
  • 618-032 1:53 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. C. Jackson ("Dan") Grayson, Jr., George H. Boldt, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:53 pm to 2:02 pm.
  • 618-033 2:02 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:02 pm and 2:13 pm.
  • 618-034 2:13 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
  • 618-035 2:13 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
  • 618-036 2:13 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
  • 618-037 2:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm.
  • 014-106 2:20 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Howard H. Baker, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-105, 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/014-105 (accessed October 1, 2026).