Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-093
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John D. Ehrlichman
Saturday, November 18, 1972 · 12:20 PM–12:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, John D. Ehrlichman. The call served purely as a logistical request to initiate this communication channel. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-093 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 33-93
Date: November 18, 1972
Time: Between 12:20 pm and 12:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)Also recorded on November 18, 1972
- 033-090 12:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:13 pm.
- 033-091 12:13 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:15 pm.
- 033-092 12:15 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:20 pm.
- 033-094 12:21 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 12:21 pm to 12:22 pm.
- 033-095 12:22 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 12:25 pm.
- 033-096 12:25 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:25 pm.
- 033-097 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:29 pm.
- 033-098 12:32 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 12:32 pm to 12:44 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 033-093, November 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-093 (accessed October 12, 2026).