Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-117

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Norman Van Brocklin

Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 5:15 PM–5:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-117 on Tape 15 (tape position 03:39:48–03:40:03)StartTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 5:15 PMEndTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 5:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-117 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191079 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-117 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-117

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 623-24B]

     Request for a call to Norman Van Brocklin
         -Atlanta Falcons

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I'd like to get Coach Norman Van Brocklin, and that's in Atlanta, Georgia, of the Atlanta Falcons.
All right, thank you, Mr. Brocklin.
Thank you.

Also recorded on November 23, 1971

  • 623-020 4:33 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:33 pm.
  • 623-021 4:33 PM · 3 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:33 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 623-022 4:36 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Waller, James O. Eastland, John N. Mitchell, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:56 pm.
  • 623-023 4:56 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:56 pm to 4:57 pm.
  • 623-024 4:57 PM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, John N. Mitchell, Sally Inge, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, and Norman Van Brocklin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:57 pm to 6:07 pm.
  • 015-118 5:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 5:44 pm.
  • 015-119 5:44 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:44 pm to 5:47 pm.
  • 015-120 5:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:47 pm and 5:58 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-117, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191079). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-117 (accessed November 2, 2026).