Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 295 › Conversation 295-005

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Communication

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 1:59 PM–3:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation295-005 on Tape 295 (tape position 00:05:03–00:05:26)StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 1:59 PMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 3:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 295-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to establish a telephone connection with his brother, Donald Nixon, in California. The brief exchange serves as a logistical directive to facilitate personal communication. No policy matters or administrative decisions are discussed during the interaction.

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You've got to get my brother Don in California.

NARA Description

On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 295-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 295-005

Date: November 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 14-137]

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Also recorded on November 16, 1971

  • 014-136 1:17 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 1:17 pm to 1:18 pm.
  • 014-137 1:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 295-001 1:59 PM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 295-002 1:59 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 295-003 1:59 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 295-004 1:59 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 295-006 1:59 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 619-029 1:59 PM · 52 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 295-005, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/295-005 (accessed October 1, 2026).