Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-144

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Frederick B. Dent

Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 5:03 PM–5:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-144 on Tape 35StartThursday, January 11, 1973 at 5:03 PMEndThursday, January 11, 1973 at 5:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-144 ↗

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.

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Fred Dent, the new Secretary of Commerce.
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 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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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on January 11, 1973

  • 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.
  • 035-142 4:35 PM · 15 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 035-145 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.
  • 035-148 5:30 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 6:07 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-144, 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/035-144 (accessed September 18, 2026).