Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 15 › Conversation 015-146

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John J. Rooney and Congress

Monday, November 29, 1971 · 11:20 AM ET · White House Telephone ·11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation015-146 onTape 15 (tape position 04:10:22–04:10:32)StartMonday, November 29, 1971 at 11:20 AMEndMonday, November 29, 1971 at 11:20 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-146 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Congressman John J. Rooney of New York. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate communication between the President and the Representative. No substantive political or policy discussions occurred during this brief request.

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Could you get me Congressman Rooney, please?
John Rooney of New York.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:20 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-146 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-146

Date: November 29, 1971
Time: 11:20 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 625-19]

     Request for a call to John J. Rooney

Also recorded on November 29, 1971

  • 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.
  • 625-017 11:13 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:14 am.
  • 015-145 11:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 11:14 am to 11:16 am.
  • 625-018 11:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:14 am to 11:16 am.
  • 015-147 11:20 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:25 am.
  • 625-019 11:20 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:20 am.
  • 625-020 11:20 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, William Thacher Lonstreth, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, and John J. Rooney met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:49 am.
  • 015-148 11:25 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:26 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-146, 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/015-146 (accessed September 18, 2026).