Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-043

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John V. Brennan

Sunday, March 4, 1973 · 10:01 AM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-043 on Tape 37StartSunday, March 4, 1973 at 10:01 AMEndSunday, March 4, 1973 at 10:01 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-043 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195227 ↗

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NARA Description

On March 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-043 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-43

Date: March 4, 1973
Time: 10:02 am
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

       Maj. John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
              -Availability

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Yeah.
Mr. President, I have Major Brennan now.
I got what I needed, so I don't need to talk to him.
Yeah, fine.
Thank you.

Also recorded on March 4, 1973

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  • 037-045 11:22 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 11:22 am to 11:35 am.
  • 037-046 11:36 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:36 am.
  • 037-047 11:36 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:42 am.
  • 037-048 11:42 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:42 am to 11:44 am.
  • 037-049 11:50 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:50 am to 11:59 am.
  • 244-001 1:00 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 11:59 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-043, March 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195227). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-043 (accessed November 2, 2026).