Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 300 › Conversation 300-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Law enforcement

Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 1:48 PM–3:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation300-014 on Tape 300 (tape position 00:26:34–00:26:49)StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 1:48 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 3:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to the police. This brief interaction represents a direct administrative request by the President to mobilize law enforcement personnel. No further details regarding the nature of the request or the intended department were recorded.

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Call some police.

NARA Description

On November 4, 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 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 300-014

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 13-120]

Also recorded on November 4, 1971

  • 013-120 1:48 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 300-008 1:48 PM · 38 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 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 300-009 1:48 PM · 7 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 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 300-010 1:48 PM · 11 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 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 300-011 1:48 PM · 31 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 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 300-012 1:48 PM · 3 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 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 300-013 1:48 PM · 4 min — 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 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 300-015 1:48 PM · 50 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 1:48 pm and 3:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 300-014, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-014 (accessed September 30, 2026).