Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-096
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hobart D. Lewis
Monday, November 22, 1971 · 3:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
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On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-096 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-96
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: 3:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 293-34]
Request for a call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) LewisTranscript (AI-generated)
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-096, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191037). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-096 (accessed November 15, 2026).