Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-160
Nixon phone call with Finch on Narcotics Report and Public Relations
Monday, November 29, 1971 · 4:52 PM–4:54 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon and Robert H. Finch coordinated their upcoming schedules, specifically finalizing a meeting involving Herbert G. Klein, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. They also discussed logistical arrangements for Finch’s personal engagements, including a Folger Library event, and addressed the public dissemination of an upcoming narcotics report. The conversation functioned as a brief administrative planning session to ensure alignment between the President and his staff.
- Scheduling
- Narcotics Report
- Public Relations
- Administration Coordination
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 4:52 pm to 4:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-160 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-160
Date: November 29, 1971
Time: 4:52 pm - 4:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Robert H. Finch.
[See also Conversation No. 306-10F]
Finch's trip
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Finch and Herbert G. Klein, 11/30
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Meeting with Time magazine personnel, 11/29
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Finch's schedule
-Folger Library event
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman-Stephen B. Bull coordination
-Klein
Report on narcotics
-Publicity
The President's meeting with Finch and KleinAlso recorded on November 29, 1971
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-160, 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/015-160 (accessed October 9, 2026).