Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-018

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Elliot L. Richardson

Saturday, April 14, 1973 · 8:49 AM–8:54 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation038-018 on Tape 38StartSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 8:49 AMEndSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 8:54 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Elliot L. Richardson. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a direct consultation between the President and the Attorney General-designate. No further substantive discussion occurred during this connection.

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Dr. Richardson please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:49 am and 8:54 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 38-18

Date: April 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:49 am and 8:54 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 428-18]

     Telephone call to Elliot L. Richardson

Also recorded on April 14, 1973

  • 038-016 8:44 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 8:47 am.
  • 428-015 8:44 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 8:47 am.
  • 038-017 8:47 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:47 am to 8:49 am.
  • 428-016 8:47 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:47 am.
  • 428-017 8:47 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:47 am to 8:49 am.
  • 428-018 8:49 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:49 am to 8:54 am.
  • 428-019 8:53 AM · 3 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Elliot L. Richardson, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John W. Dean, III, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:53 am to 12:30 pm.
  • 038-019 8:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elliot L. Richardson talked on the telephone from 8:54 am to 8:56 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 038-018, April 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-018 (accessed October 5, 2026).