President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. This interaction served as the administrative precursor to a direct consultation between the President and the Department of Justice official. The call highlights the President's ongoing communication with Petersen regarding the rapidly evolving Watergate investigation.
On April 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 pm and 11:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-063 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 38-63
Date: April 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:16 pm and 11:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared Richard Nixon’s Special
White House Counsel for Watergate Matters and submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives. This transcript can be found in Submission of Recorded
Presidential Conversations (SRPC), page 772 (1). Please refer to the logging below.]
Telephone call to Henry E. PetersenThis transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.