Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-068

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ted Stevens and Time zones

Saturday, November 20, 1971 · 10:45 AM–10:50 AM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-068 on Tape 15 (tape position 01:48:53–01:49:10)StartSaturday, November 20, 1971 at 10:45 AMEndSaturday, November 20, 1971 at 10:50 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the time difference between Washington, D.C., and Alaska in order to schedule a call with Senator Ted Stevens. After verifying that it was too early in Alaska to reach the Senator, the President decided to postpone the conversation. No further action was taken regarding the call at that time.

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Yes, please.
Operator, let's see.
The difficulty with the Alaska call, that would be five hours.
It would only be six o'clock out there, wouldn't it?
Oh, I guess so.
Three and two.
Yeah, five hours.
Yeah, we'll let that go now.
I'll call it later.
All right, sir.

NARA Description

On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-68

Date: November 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:45 am and 10:50 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 621-24]

     Ted Stevens
          -Time of day in Alaska

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  • 621-021 10:45 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-068, November 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-068 (accessed October 12, 2026).