Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-027

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 11:31 AM–11:34 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-027 on Tape 40StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 11:31 AMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 11:34 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-027 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his legal counsel. No substantive policy matters or additional developments are recorded in this short administrative exchange.

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Fred Bazaar, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-27

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:31 am and 11:34 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 937-16]

     Request for telephone call
          -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
                                                  -26-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on June 12, 1973

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  • 937-014 11:15 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:17 am.
  • 937-015 11:17 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:17 am to 11:31 am.
  • 937-016 11:31 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:44 am.
  • 937-017 11:31 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:44 am.
  • 040-028 11:44 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:44 am to 11:54 am.
  • 937-018 11:44 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:44 am to 11:54 am.
  • 937-019 11:57 AM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:57 am to 12:36 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-027, June 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-027 (accessed September 21, 2026).