Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-073

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Wiggins

Saturday, September 18, 1971 · 10:00 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation009-073 on Tape 9 (tape position 02:13:01–02:13:09)StartSaturday, September 18, 1971 at 10:00 AMEndSaturday, September 18, 1971 at 10:00 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-073 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to Congressman Charles W. Wiggins of California. The conversation serves solely as a logistical request for the White House operator to connect the President with the Congressman. No further policy or political discussions occur during this brief administrative interaction.

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Please.
Congressman Charles Wiggins, please, of California.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On September 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-073 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-73

Date: September 18, 1971
Time: 10:00 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 576-4]

     Request for call to Charles W. Wiggins

Also recorded on September 18, 1971

  • 576-001 9:57 AM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:57 am to 9:59 am.
  • 009-072 9:59 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:59 am to 10:00 am.
  • 576-002 9:59 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:59 am.
  • 576-003 9:59 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:59 am to 10:00 am.
  • 576-004 10:00 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:00 am.
  • 009-074 10:01 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:01 am.
  • 009-075 10:01 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 10:05 am.
  • 009-076 10:05 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:05 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-073, September 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-073 (accessed October 12, 2026).