Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 295 › Conversation 295-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Law enforcement

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 3:09 PM–3:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation295-011 on Tape 295 (tape position 00:14:12–00:14:21)StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 3:09 PMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 3:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 295-011 ↗

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to an unspecified police department. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate contact with law enforcement officials. No further details regarding the purpose or outcome of the requested call were recorded in this segment.

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Call some police.

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 3:09 pm and 3:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 295-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 295-011

Date: November 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 14-139]
  • 014-138 3:00 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and F. Donald Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:00 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 295-007 3:00 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and F. Donald Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 014-139 3:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 295-008 3:09 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 295-009 3:09 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 295-010 3:09 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 014-140 3:16 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:16 pm to 3:27 pm.
  • 295-012 3:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:16 pm to 3:27 pm.

Conversation 295-011, 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/295-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).