Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-043
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 5:09 PM–5:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
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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 5:09 pm and 5:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-043 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-43
Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:09 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 294-25B]
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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Also recorded on November 18, 1971
- 294-023 4:50 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Donald H. Rumsfeld met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.
- 294-024 4:50 PM · 29 sec — 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 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.
- 294-025 4:54 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Joel T. Broyhill, William E. Timmons, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 015-041 5:09 PM · 2 min — Donald H. Rumsfeld, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 015-042 5:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 015-044 5:16 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:17 pm.
- 015-045 5:30 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:57 pm.
- 015-049 5:55 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 7:16 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-043, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190931). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-043 (accessed November 15, 2026).