Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-031

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Peter M. Flanigan

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 12:42 PM–12:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-031 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:36:09–00:36:16)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 12:42 PMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 12:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-031 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with presidential advisor Peter M. Flanigan. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to facilitate further internal communication. The conversation concludes with the operator acknowledging the directive to place the outgoing call.

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Please.
Flanagan, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-31

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:42 pm and 12:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 294-13]

     Request for a call to Peter M. Flanigan

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 294-012 12:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:46 pm.
  • 294-013 12:42 PM · 30 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 12:42 pm and 12:46 pm.
  • 015-032 12:46 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:46 pm.
  • 015-033 12:46 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 2:48 pm.
  • 294-014 12:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:46 pm.
  • 294-015 12:46 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 2:48 pm.
  • 294-016 12:46 PM · 1 min — 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 12:46 pm and 2:48 pm.
  • 294-017 12:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 2:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-031, 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/015-031 (accessed October 12, 2026).