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
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Hobart D. "Hobe" Lewis. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical request to initiate communication with the Reader's Digest executive. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this 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 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”) LewisAlso recorded on November 22, 1971
- 015-097 3:44 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:48 pm.
- 622-001 3:51 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:51 pm to 3:58 pm.
- 015-098 4:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:07 pm.
- 622-002 4:02 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 4:07 pm.
- 015-099 4:07 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 622-003 4:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 622-004 4:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm.
- 622-005 4:07 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-096, 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/015-096 (accessed October 1, 2026).