Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-161

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Monday, November 29, 1971 · 4:54 PM–5:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation015-161 on Tape 15 (tape position 04:28:47–04:28:50)StartMonday, November 29, 1971 at 4:54 PMEndMonday, November 29, 1971 at 5:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-161 ↗

AI Summary

A brief telephone exchange took place between an unidentified caller and a White House operator. Due to the lack of available transcripts or descriptive metadata, the specific purpose and substantive content of the interaction remain unknown. No clear decisions or significant developments were recorded during this brief communication.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On November 29, 1971, unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 5:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-161 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-161

Date: November 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:54 pm and 5:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

An unknown person talked with the White House operator.

     White House operator's response

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  • 015-165 5:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 5:35 pm to 5:39 pm.
  • 015-166 5:39 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 5:43 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-161, 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/015-161 (accessed October 12, 2026).