Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-055

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Brent G. Scowcroft

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 11:41 PM–11:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-055 on Tape 40StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 11:41 PMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 11:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-055 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent call to General Brent G. Scowcroft, who served as his Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs. The brief interaction focused solely on establishing this high-level communication link. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this exchange.

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Scowcroft.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:41 pm and 11:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-055 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-55

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:41 pm and 11:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for telephone call
          -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft

Also recorded on June 13, 1973

  • 040-050 11:16 PM · 2 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:16 pm to 11:17 pm.
  • 040-051 11:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:17 pm and 11:26 pm.
  • 040-052 11:26 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone from 11:26 pm to 11:37 pm.
  • 040-053 11:37 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:37 pm and 11:38 pm.
  • 040-054 11:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:38 pm to 11:41 pm.
  • 040-056 11:51 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 11:51 pm to 11:54 pm.
  • 040-057 11:54 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:54 pm on June 12, 1973 and 12:02 am on June 13, 1973.
  • 040-058 12:02 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 12:02 am to 12:07 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-055, 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/040-055 (accessed October 1, 2026).