Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 16 › Conversation 016-041

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John W. McCormack

Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 10:28 AM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation016-041 onTape 16 (tape position 01:25:01–01:25:08)StartWednesday, December 8, 1971 at 10:28 AMEndWednesday, December 8, 1971 at 10:28 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 016-041 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to former Speaker of the House John W. McCormack. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate communication with the former legislative leader. No further substantive matters were discussed during this brief interaction.

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Yes, please.
Could you get me Speaker McCormick, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:28 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-041 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 16-41

Date: December 8, 1971
Time: 10:28 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Requested a call to John W. McCormack

Also recorded on December 8, 1971

  • 632-003 10:18 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 10:27 am.
  • 632-004 10:27 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:27 am to 10:50 am.
  • 016-042 10:28 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 2:15 pm.
  • 016-043 10:28 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 10:52 am.
  • 632-005 10:50 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:52 am.
  • 016-044 10:52 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:55 am.
  • 632-006 10:52 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:52 am to 10:55 am.
  • 016-045 10:55 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:03 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 016-041, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-041 (accessed September 18, 2026).