Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 24 › Conversation 024-043

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 11:32 AM ET · White House Telephone ·11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation024-043 onTape 24 (tape position 00:58:34–00:58:45)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 11:32 AMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 11:32 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-043 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with senior aide Patrick J. Buchanan. This brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific telephone connection.

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Buchanan please Thank you sir

NARA Description

On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-043 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-43

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: 11:32 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-15]

     Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

  • 338-012 11:24 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:32 am.
  • 338-013 11:24 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:32 am.
  • 338-014 11:24 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:32 am.
  • 024-044 11:32 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:35 am.
  • 338-015 11:32 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:32 am.
  • 338-016 11:32 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:35 am.
  • 024-045 11:35 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 11:35 am to 11:39 am.
  • 338-017 11:35 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:35 am to 11:42 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-043, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-043 (accessed September 18, 2026).