Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-141
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Peter M. Flanigan
Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 5:05 PM–6:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Assistant to the President Peter M. Flanigan. This brief interaction serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key White House staffer. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection.
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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 5:05 pm and 6:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-141 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-141
Date: November 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 6:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 295-15B]
Request for a call to Peter M. FlaniganAlso recorded on November 16, 1971
- 014-140 3:16 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:16 pm to 3:27 pm.
- 295-013 3:27 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 3:31 pm.
- 295-014 3:31 PM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:31 pm to 5:04 pm.
- 295-015 5:05 PM · 1 hr 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 6:39 pm.
- 014-142 6:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:08 pm.
- 014-143 6:08 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:08 pm and 6:39 pm.
- 014-144 6:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 6:39 pm to 6:40 pm.
- 014-145 6:40 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 7:17 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-141, 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/014-141 (accessed October 1, 2026).