Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-200
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Thursday, December 2, 1971 · 1:50 PM–2:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
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On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-200 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-200
Date: December 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 628-8B]
Tricia Nixon Cox
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Also recorded on December 2, 1971
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- 628-009 2:03 PM · 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 2:03 pm and 2:07 pm.
- 628-010 2:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:07 pm.
- 015-202 2:07 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:07 pm to 2:19 pm.
- 628-011 2:07 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:07 pm to 2:19 pm.
- 628-012 2:19 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:19 pm.
- 628-013 2:19 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gordon M. Metcalf, William M. Batten, George P. Shultz, Richard A. Moore, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:19 pm to 2:50 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-200, December 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191245). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-200 (accessed November 8, 2026).