Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-035

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

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 2:56 PM–3:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-035 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:41:13–00:41:18)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 2:56 PMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 3:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-035 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190915 ↗

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On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-035 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 15-35

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:56 pm and 3:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 294-22A]

     Request for a call Peter M. Flanigan

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Flanagan, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.
  • 015-034 2:48 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm.
  • 294-021 2:48 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:48 pm to 2:52 pm.
  • 294-022 2:56 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 4:50 pm.
  • 015-036 3:36 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:42 pm.
  • 015-037 3:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 015-038 3:47 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:51 pm.
  • 015-039 3:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:17 pm.
  • 015-040 4:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:17 pm to 4:24 pm.

Conversation 015-035, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190915). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-035 (accessed November 15, 2026).