Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-125

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Muriel Berlin

Wednesday, January 10, 1973 · 3:50 PM–7:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-125 on Tape 35StartWednesday, January 10, 1973 at 3:50 PMEndWednesday, January 10, 1973 at 7:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-125 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Mrs. Muriel Berlin, the wife of Hearst Corporation executive Richard Berlin. The President provided the operator with instructions to locate and connect him with Mrs. Berlin in New York City. The primary purpose of the communication was to facilitate this specific personal or professional outreach.

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Operator, I wonder if you could get Mrs. Richard Berlin in New York City.
She is the wife of Richard Berlin, who is with the Hearst newspapers.
I think they're on your list.
All right, sir.
Mrs. Richard Berlin.
Thank you.
All right.

NARA Description

On January 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 7:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-125 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-125

Date: January 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:50 pm and 7:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                               Conversation No. 35-125 (cont’d)

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for Muriel (“Honey”) (Johnson) Berlin
            -Hearst Corporation

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-125, January 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-125 (accessed October 11, 2026).