Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-175
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clark MacGregor
Tuesday, November 30, 1971 · 3:48 PM–3:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact Clark MacGregor. The conversation is strictly logistical in nature, serving as a functional request to connect the President with a member of his staff. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-175 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-175
Date: November 30, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 3:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 626-12A]
Request for a call to Clark MacGregorAlso recorded on November 30, 1971
- 015-174 11:23 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:23 am.
- 626-011 12:03 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 3:40 pm.
- 626-012 3:48 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, David Reed, Hobart D. Lewis, White House photographer, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:48 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 015-176 3:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 3:55 pm to 3:58 pm.
- 626-013 5:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:21 pm.
- 626-014 5:21 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:21 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 015-177 5:45 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:45 pm to 5:46 pm.
- 626-015 6:09 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-175, November 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-175 (accessed October 9, 2026).