Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-073

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John W. Byrnes

Thursday, December 9, 1971 · 2:39 PM–2:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation016-073 on Tape 16 (tape position 02:31:28–02:31:36)StartThursday, December 9, 1971 at 2:39 PMEndThursday, December 9, 1971 at 2:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 016-073 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191395 ↗

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NARA Description

On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-073 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 16-73

Date: December 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 2:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 634-4]

     Request for a call to John W. Byrnes

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Congressman Burns of Wisconsin.
Yes, Mr. President.

Also recorded on December 9, 1971

  • 016-072 2:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 634-003 2:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 634-004 2:39 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:43 pm.
  • 634-005 2:43 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John W. Byrnes, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:43 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 016-074 2:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Byrnes talked on the telephone from 2:46 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 016-075 2:48 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 7:42 pm.
  • 634-006 2:59 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 634-007 3:00 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hubert Maga, Sophia K. Porson, White House photographer, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 016-073, December 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191395). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-073 (accessed November 2, 2026).