Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 37 › Conversation 037-073

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas J. Meskill

Friday, March 9, 1973 · 2:46 PM ET · White House Telephone ·12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation037-073 onTape 37StartFriday, March 9, 1973 at 2:46 PMEndFriday, March 9, 1973 at 2:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-073 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Connecticut Governor Thomas J. Meskill. This brief exchange serves solely as an administrative instruction to initiate communication with the governor. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this connection.

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I better get on the phone.
Mezcal, the governor of Connecticut, please.

NARA Description

On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-073 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-73

Date: March 9, 1973
Time: 2:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 418-5E]

       Request for a call to Thomas J. Meskill

Also recorded on March 9, 1973

  • 037-070 2:35 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 037-071 2:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and William Downey talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 037-072 2:35 PM · 15 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 037-074 2:46 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 037-075 3:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas J. Meskill talked on the telephone from 3:00 pm to 3:02 pm.
  • 418-006 3:05 PM · 22 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 3:05 pm on March 9, 1973 and 12:46 pm on March 12, 1973.
  • 875-001 3:10 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:17 pm.
  • 875-005 3:10 PM · 15 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-073, March 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-073 (accessed September 18, 2026).