Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-198

Nixon phone call with Bennett on Senator health and surgery

Thursday, December 2, 1971 · 12:15 PM–12:17 PM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Bennett, Frances (Grant)Conversation015-198 on Tape 15 (tape position 05:55:09–05:55:49)StartThursday, December 2, 1971 at 12:15 PMEndThursday, December 2, 1971 at 12:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-198 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call with Frances Bennett to inquire about the medical status of her husband, Senator Wallace F. Bennett. The conversation focused on the Senator’s recent surgery and his ongoing recovery progress. No significant policy decisions were made, as the exchange served primarily as a gesture of personal concern regarding the Senator's health.

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5:55:09Mae'n rhaid i ni ei wneud.
5:55:21Mae Gregor yn gweithio'n hir.
5:55:23Byddai'n beth gwych iddyn nhw gadael.
5:55:24Beth am 3.15?
5:55:25Ydyn nhw'n meddwl eu bod yn gallu cadw hynny allan?
5:55:29Mae hynny yw'r hyn maen nhw'n ei wneud.
5:55:31Mae'r adeiladau cymdeithasol hynny'n gallu cadw hynny allan i'r Prif Weinidog.
5:55:40Ond dyna'r peth maen nhw'n gwneud.
5:55:43Mae'n gallu cadw hynny allan i'r prif weinidog.

NARA Description

On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Frances (Grant) Bennett talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-198 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-198

Date: December 2, 1971
Time: 12:15 pm - 12:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Wallace F. Bennett
          -Surgery
          -Frances (Grant) Bennett

The President talked with Frances Bennett.

[See also Conversation No. 628-4]

     Wallace Bennett
          -Health

Also recorded on December 2, 1971

  • 015-197 11:31 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:15 pm.
  • 628-002 11:35 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:13 pm.
  • 628-003 12:13 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:13 pm.
  • 628-004 12:15 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Frances (Grant) Bennett met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 628-005 12:17 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 628-006 12:21 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:21 pm to 12:43 pm.
  • 628-007 12:43 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.
  • 628-008 12:45 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Clark MacGregor, Rose Mary Woods, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 2:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-198, December 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-198 (accessed October 12, 2026).