Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-115

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Operator

Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 12:20 PM–12:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-115 on Tape 15 (tape position 03:37:53–03:38:04)StartTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 12:20 PMEndTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 12:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-115 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to the wife of television correspondent Herb Kaplow. The primary purpose of this brief exchange was to secure Mrs. Kaplow's contact information and initiate the connection. The operator acknowledged the request and proceeded to place the call on the President's behalf.

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You could get Mrs. Herb Kaplow.
She is the wife of Herb Kaplow of the television.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-115 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-115

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 623-7A]

     Request for a call to Mrs. Herbert E. Kaplow

Also recorded on November 23, 1971

  • 015-111 11:43 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William Brock talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:47 am.
  • 015-112 11:47 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:56 am.
  • 015-113 11:47 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 11:56 am.
  • 623-006 11:47 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Chalmers P. Wylie met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:47 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 015-114 11:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:58 am.
  • 623-007 12:20 PM · 17 min — Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, and Herbert E. Kaplow met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:34 pm.
  • 015-116 12:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Herbert E. Kaplow talked on the telephone from 12:30 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 623-008 12:34 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 1:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-115, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-115 (accessed October 1, 2026).