Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-028

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 10:55 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-028 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:33:35–00:33:43)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 10:55 AMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 10:55 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his speechwriter and advisor, Patrick J. Buchanan. The primary purpose of this brief call was to initiate a telephone connection with Buchanan to discuss ongoing administrative or political matters. This exchange served as a routine procedural step to manage the President's internal communications.

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Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

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 015-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-28

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: 10:55 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator

[See also Conversation No. 294-10]

     Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 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.
  • 015-027 10:55 AM · 9 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-028, 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/015-028 (accessed October 12, 2026).