Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-017

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 7:49 AM–8:01 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-017 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:25:18–00:25:25)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 7:49 AMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 8:01 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative exchange serves the purpose of facilitating urgent executive communication. No substantive policy discussions occur, as the call functions solely to establish contact between the President and his advisor.

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NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-17

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:49 am and 8:01 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 621-4]
     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 621-001 7:49 AM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-002 7:49 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-003 7:49 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-004 7:49 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-005 7:49 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am.
  • 621-006 8:01 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:01 am.
  • 294-001 8:02 AM · 36 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 8:02 am and 8:07 am.
  • 294-002 8:02 AM · 4 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 8:02 am and 8:07 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-017, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).