Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-134
Nixon phone call with Flanigan on NATO and Diplomatic Appointments
Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 1:08 PM–1:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 54 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Peter M. Flanigan regarding potential diplomatic appointments, specifically inquiring about progress on the NATO ambassadorship and a position concerning Japan. Flanigan indicated he was awaiting feedback from Henry Kissinger regarding John J. McCloy’s interest in the NATO post and confirmed an upcoming meeting with Hoyt Ammidon to discuss the Japanese assignment. Additionally, the two discussed personnel vetting, with Flanigan noting that William S. Stuckey, Jr. had been deemed unsuitable for a specific role following advice from Clark MacGregor.
- NATO
- Diplomatic Appointments
- Japan
- Personnel Vetting
- Henry Kissinger
- John B. Connally
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NARA Description
On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 1:08 pm to 1:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-134 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-134
Date: November 16, 1971
Time: 1:08 pm - 1:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Peter M. Flanigan
The President talked with Flanigan.
[See Conversation No. 619-28D]
North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] Ambassador
-Walter M. Thayer
-John J. McCloy
-Henry A. Kissinger's forthcoming call
Japan
-Hoyt Ammidon
-Forthcoming meeting with Flanigan
-John B. Connally's view
NATO Ambassador
-Thayer
-McCloy
-Kissinger
Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr.[?]
-Clark MacGregor's viewsAlso recorded on November 16, 1971
- 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.
- 014-132 12:46 PM · 5 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.
- 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.
- 014-135 1:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:17 pm.
- 014-136 1:17 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 1:17 pm to 1:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-134, 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/014-134 (accessed October 1, 2026).