Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-140

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor

Monday, November 29, 1971 · 10:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-140 on Tape 15 (tape position 04:05:59–04:06:08)StartMonday, November 29, 1971 at 10:45 AMEndMonday, November 29, 1971 at 10:45 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-140 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Clark MacGregor. The sole purpose of the exchange is to facilitate this connection, which serves as a precursor to further executive communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief administrative request.

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McGregor, please.
McGregor.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-140 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-140

Date: November 29, 1971
Time: 10:45 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 625-13]

     Request for a call to Clark MacGregor

Also recorded on November 29, 1971

  • 015-141 10:45 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:58 am.
  • 625-013 10:45 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:45 am.
  • 625-014 10:45 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:45 am to 11:02 am.
  • 015-142 11:02 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:11 am.
  • 625-015 11:02 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:11 am.
  • 625-016 11:02 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:13 am.
  • 015-143 11:11 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 11:11 am to 11:13 am.
  • 015-144 11:13 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:14 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-140, November 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-140 (accessed October 9, 2026).