Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-102

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Monday, November 22, 1971 · 4:26 PM–4:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 30 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation015-102 on Tape 15 (tape position 03:19:57–03:20:28)StartMonday, November 22, 1971 at 4:26 PMEndMonday, November 22, 1971 at 4:31 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-102 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191049 ↗

AI Summary

A White House operator engaged in a brief telephone communication with an unidentified caller. Because no transcript or content details are available, the specific purpose and substantive outcomes of the exchange remain undocumented. This recording exists only as a technical log within the White House telephone taping system.

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NARA Description

On November 22, 1971, unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-102 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-102
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone

An unknown person talked with the White House operator..

     [Pause]

     White House operator's response

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: An unknown caller says hello and the White House operator responds.

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622-009 4:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:31 pm.
015-104 4:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
622-010 4:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-102, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191049). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-102 (accessed November 15, 2026).