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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190879 ↗

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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

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-017, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190879). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-017 (accessed November 15, 2026).