Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-142

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Claude S. Brinegar

Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 4:35 PM–5:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-142 on Tape 35StartThursday, January 11, 1973 at 4:35 PMEndThursday, January 11, 1973 at 5:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-142 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Claude S. Brinegar. The primary purpose of the communication was to connect with Brinegar, who was serving as the Secretary of Transportation-designate at the time. This exchange served as a logistical step in the President’s administrative coordination during the transition period.

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Please, the new Secretary of Transportation.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 5:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-142 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-142

Date: January 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:35 pm and 5:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 401-31/402-1D]

       Request for a call to Claude S. Brinegar
            -Brinegar’s identity
                   -Secretary of Transportation-designate
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on January 11, 1973

  • 035-140 3:57 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:57 pm and 4:15 pm.
  • 035-141 4:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 4:15 pm to 4:17 pm.
  • 402-001 4:35 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William T. Kendall, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Claude S. Brinegar, Harry S. Dent, George P. Shultz, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 035-143 5:02 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Christopher S. Bond talked on the telephone from 5:02 pm to 5:03 pm.
  • 035-144 5:03 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 035-145 5:10 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Frederick B. Dent talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm.
  • 035-146 5:11 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 5:12 pm.
  • 035-147 5:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 5:12 pm to 5:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-142, January 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-142 (accessed October 1, 2026).