Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-040
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Wednesday, April 19, 1972 · 4:41 PM–4:58 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec
A 4-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 April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-40
Date: April 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:41 and 4:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 713-1D]
Request for a call to Tricia Nixon CoxTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on April 19, 1972
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- 713-002 5:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 713-003 5:02 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:02 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 331-033 5:05 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. W. Kenneth Riland, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:35 pm.
- 713-004 5:05 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 023-043 5:20 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:28 pm.
- 023-044 5:28 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:28 pm to 5:35 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-040, April 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193365). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-040 (accessed November 1, 2026).