Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-032

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

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 12:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-032 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:36:16–00:36:28)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 12:46 PMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 12:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-032 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted the White House operator to locate aide Peter M. Flanigan for a scheduled communication. Upon learning that Flanigan was unavailable, the President explicitly rescinded his request to track him down. Nixon decided to delay the call until later in the afternoon, emphasizing that there was no immediate urgency to contact his aide.

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Yeah.
Mr. President, Mr. Flanagan is out of his office, and they will track him down and have him call back.
Why don't you just let it go?
I'll call him later this afternoon.
All right, sir.
There's no hurry.
All right, sir.
Don't track him down.
Okay.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-32

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: 12:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 294-14]

     Location of Peter M. Flanigan
          -Instructions

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

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  • 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.
  • 294-018 12:46 PM · 2 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.
  • 294-019 12:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 2:48 pm.
  • 294-020 12:46 PM · 35 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 12:46 pm and 2:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-032, 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/015-032 (accessed October 12, 2026).