Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-027

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Herbert Stein

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 10:55 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-027 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:33:27–00:33:35)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 10:55 AMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 10:55 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-027 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190899 ↗

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On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-027 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 15-27
Date: November 18, 1971
Time: 10:55 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 294-9]

     Request for a call to Herbert Stein
         -Location

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Yes, sir.
Mr. Herb Stein.
I think he may be in the hospital, but he may be home, okay?
All right, sir.
  • 015-026 10:54 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:54 am to 10:55 am.
  • 294-008 10:54 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:54 am to 10:55 am.
  • 015-028 10:55 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:55 am.
  • 294-009 10:55 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:55 am.
  • 294-010 10:55 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 10:55 am.
  • 294-011 10:55 AM · 1 hr 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:55 am to 12:42 pm.
  • 015-029 10:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Herbert Stein talked on the telephone from 10:56 am to 10:58 am.
  • 015-030 10:59 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 10:59 am to 11:00 am.

Conversation 015-027, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190899). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-027 (accessed November 1, 2026).