Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-137
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 1:59 PM–3:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with his brother, F. Donald Nixon. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate this private family connection. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this brief exchange.
- F. Donald Nixon
- Personal communication
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-137 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-137
Date: November 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 295-5]
Request for a call to F. Donald NixonAlso recorded on November 16, 1971
- 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.
- 295-001 1:59 PM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 295-002 1:59 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 295-003 1:59 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 295-004 1:59 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 295-005 1:59 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 295-006 1:59 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 619-029 1:59 PM · 52 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-137, 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/014-137 (accessed October 1, 2026).