President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Despite being informed that Rogers was attending a lunch, the President insisted that the Secretary be pulled from the event to speak with him. This brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to a subsequent conversation between the two men.
On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-072 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 13-72 Date: November 2, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 300-2] Request for a call to William P. Rogers
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