Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-096

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 11:00 PM–11:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-096 on Tape 36StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 11:00 PMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 11:08 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-096 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194627 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 pm and 11:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-96

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:00 pm and 11:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked to the White House operator.

       Request for a telephone call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 36-96 (cont’d)

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Yes sir.
Yes sir.
Ring Julie please.
Yes sir, thank you.

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

  • 036-091 10:44 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:44 pm to 10:47 pm.
  • 036-092 10:47 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:47 pm.
  • 036-093 10:48 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:48 pm.
  • 036-094 10:49 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:49 pm to 11:00 pm.
  • 036-095 11:00 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:00 pm to 11:08 pm.
  • 036-097 11:08 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:08 pm to 11:09 pm.
  • 036-098 11:09 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:09 pm and 11:13 pm.
  • 036-099 11:13 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:13 pm to 11:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-096, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194627). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-096 (accessed November 2, 2026).