President Nixon initiated this brief telephone call to Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. primarily to extend personal birthday greetings. The conversation remained cordial and informal, focusing on lighthearted exchanges regarding aging and Baker’s status as a young statesman. No substantive policy matters or political actions were addressed during the interaction.
On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Howard H. Baker, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-106 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 14-106
Date: November 15, 1971
Time: 2:20 pm - 2:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
The President talked with Baker.
[See Conversation No. 617-10A]
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