Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-044
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham
Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 9:56 PM–10:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham in Los Angeles. He specified that the operator should avoid interrupting Graham if he was currently attending a dinner or other engagement. The President ultimately decided to postpone the conversation until the following day should Graham be unavailable.
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NARA Description
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 pm and 10:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-44
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:56 pm and 10:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for telephone call
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Los Angeles, CaliforniaAlso recorded on June 13, 1973
- 040-041 9:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:28 pm to 9:30 pm.
- 040-042 9:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 444-025 9:30 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 040-043 9:37 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:37 pm to 9:56 pm.
- 444-026 9:37 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:37 pm to 9:56 pm.
- 040-045 10:18 PM · 21 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:18 pm.
- 040-046 10:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:18 pm and 10:57 pm.
- 040-047 10:57 PM · 14 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-044, June 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-044 (accessed September 27, 2026).