Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-146
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George P. Shultz
Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 5:11 PM–5:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. The conversation was purely administrative in nature, serving as a brief request to initiate communication with the Treasury Secretary. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
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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 5:11 pm and 5:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-146 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-146
Date: January 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:11 pm and 5:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 401-31/402-1H]
Request for a call to George P. Shultz
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso 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.
- 035-144 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.
- 035-147 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-146, 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/035-146 (accessed October 1, 2026).