Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-137

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 1:59 PM–3:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-137 on Tape 14 (tape position 04:07:29–04:07:36)StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 1:59 PMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 3:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-137 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190805 ↗

A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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.

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 Nixon

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Yes, please.
Could you get my brother Don and...
Right away, Mr. President.
Thank you.
  • 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.

Conversation 014-137, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190805). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-137 (accessed November 15, 2026).