Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-013

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas J. Meskill

Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 9:55 AM–10:04 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation033-013 on Tape 33StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 9:55 AMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 10:04 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 033-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate an outgoing call to Connecticut Governor Thomas J. Meskill. This brief exchange served solely as a functional administrative request to connect the President with the governor. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief interaction.

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Mescalon.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 33-13

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:55 am and 10:04 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House Operator.

[See Conversation No. 389-11D]

       Request for a call to Thomas J. Meskill

Also recorded on November 4, 1972

  • 033-010 9:55 AM · 7 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am.
  • 033-011 9:55 AM · 24 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am.
  • 033-012 9:55 AM · 8 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am.
  • 389-011 9:55 AM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), White House operator, Thomas J. Meskill, Stephen B. Bull, Wesley Powell, Beverly Powell, J. Caleb Boggs, Pierre S. DuPont, S. Fletcher Thompson, John K. MacIver, Robert Hirsch, James A. McClure, Margaret Chase Smith, and Howard H. Baker, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 10:36 am.
  • 033-014 10:04 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas J. Meskill talked on the telephone from 10:04 am to 10:08 am.
  • 033-015 10:08 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:09 am.
  • 033-016 10:09 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wesley Powell, and Beverly Powell talked on the telephone from 10:09 am to 10:13 am.
  • 033-017 10:13 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:14 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 033-013, November 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-013 (accessed October 10, 2026).