Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-146
Nixon phone call with Flanigan on Personnel appointments and Gabriel Hauge
Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 7:17 PM–7:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan discuss potential candidates for an unspecified high-level appointment, weighing the merits of various banking and finance figures. They express a preference for Gabriel Hauge due to his prestige and alignment with the administration, while also considering William S. Renchard as a viable alternative. Flanigan is tasked with prioritizing an outreach attempt to Hauge to determine his interest in the position.
- Personnel appointments
- Gabriel Hauge
- William S. Renchard
- Executive recruitment
- Banking industry
Audio
NARA Description
On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 7:17 pm to 7:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-146 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-146
Date: November 16, 1971
Time: 7:17 pm - 7:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Peter M. Flanigan
The President talked with Flanigan.
Personnel
-George[?] Champion
-William S. Renchard
-Unknown man
-Gabriel Hauge
-John M. Meyer, Jr., former chairman of Morgan GuarantyTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 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.
- 014-147 7:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 7:19 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-146, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190823). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-146 (accessed November 15, 2026).