Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-066

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lyndon B. Johnson

Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 4:41 PM–4:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-066 on Tape 35StartTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 4:41 PMEndTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 4:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-066 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to former President Lyndon B. Johnson. This brief exchange served as an administrative request to establish direct communication with the former administration. No further policy discussions or significant developments were captured during this short transmission.

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president johnson please thank you sir

NARA Description

On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-066 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-66

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:41 pm and 4:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 830-6A]

       Request for a call to Lyndon B. Johnson

Also recorded on January 2, 1973

  • 830-001 3:33 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 830-002 3:35 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 4:19 pm.
  • 830-003 4:19 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:19 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 830-004 4:22 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:37 pm.
  • 830-005 4:37 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:37 pm and 4:41 pm.
  • 830-006 4:41 PM · 1 hr 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Lyndon B. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 6:10 pm.
  • 035-067 4:46 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson talked on the telephone from 4:46 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 035-068 4:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 9:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-066, January 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-066 (accessed October 2, 2026).