Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-090
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor
Monday, November 22, 1971 · 12:45 PM–1:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Clark MacGregor, who served as his congressional liaison. This brief interaction was strictly administrative, intended to connect the President with a key administration official. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-090 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-90
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 293-23]
Request for a call to Clark MacGregorAlso recorded on November 22, 1971
- 015-087 11:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 11:15 am to 11:16 am.
- 015-088 11:16 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:16 am and 12:19 pm.
- 015-089 12:19 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Clark MacGregor, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:19 pm to 12:24 pm.
- 293-021 12:45 PM · 2 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 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm.
- 015-091 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 1:30 pm to 1:32 pm.
- 015-092 1:32 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm.
- 015-093 1:42 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:42 pm to 1:43 pm.
- 015-094 1:43 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-090, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-090 (accessed October 1, 2026).