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 ↗

A 14-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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 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

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Scowcroft.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on June 12, 1973

  • 040-049 11:03 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 11:03 pm to 11:15 pm.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

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