Conversation 035-144

TapeTape 35StartThursday, January 11, 1973 at 5:03 PMEndThursday, January 11, 1973 at 5:10 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorRecording deviceWhite House Telephone

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Frederick B. Dent. The purpose of this interaction was to reach Dent, who had been designated as the new Secretary of Commerce. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.

Frederick B. DentSecretary of CommerceWhite House operationsPresidential communications

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NARA Description

On January 11, 1973, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-144 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-144

Date: January 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:03 pm and 5:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

       Request for a call to Frederick B. Dent
            -Dent’s identity
                   -Secretary of Commerce-designate
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Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Fred Dent, the new Secretary of Commerce.

Thank you, sir.

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