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 on Tape 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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646314402 ↗

An 11-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 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

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Buchanan please Thank you sir

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 · 34 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 · 17 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 · 16 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 (NAID 646314402). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-043 (accessed November 3, 2026).