Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-132

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Peter M. Flanigan

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 12:46 PM–1:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-132 on Tape 14 (tape position 04:05:40–04:05:47)StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 12:46 PMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 1:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-132 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to his assistant, Peter M. Flanigan. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to initiate a phone call with a senior member of the executive staff. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this exchange.

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Flanagan, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 1:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-132 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-132

Date: November 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 1:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 619-28B]

     Request for a call to Peter M. Flanigan

Also recorded on November 16, 1971

  • 619-024 12:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:25 pm.
  • 619-025 12:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George L. Grassmuck, Alexander P. Butterfield, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:28 pm.
  • 619-026 12:28 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 014-130 12:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 014-131 12:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 619-027 12:30 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 619-028 12:33 PM · 1 hr 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 1:59 pm.
  • 014-133 12:46 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 1:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-132, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-132 (accessed October 1, 2026).