Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-096

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Spiro T. Agnew

Wednesday, April 18, 1973 · 12:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation038-096 on Tape 38StartWednesday, April 18, 1973 at 12:20 PMEndWednesday, April 18, 1973 at 12:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-096 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a phone call to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew through the White House operator. The conversation is strictly procedural, serving as an administrative request to connect the President with his Vice President for a private discussion. No policy matters or substantive political topics are addressed during this brief exchange.

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Yes please.
Please.
Vice President please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 38-96

Date: April 18, 1973
Time: 12:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked to the White House operator.

     Telephone call to Spiro T. Agnew
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on April 18, 1973

  • 900-029 12:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm.
  • 900-009 12:12 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John A. Volpe, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:12 pm to 12:20 pm.
  • 038-097 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:21 pm.
  • 900-010 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:20 pm to 12:21 pm.
  • 900-011 12:22 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 900-012 12:25 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:33 pm.
  • 038-098 12:33 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm.
  • 900-013 12:33 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rainer Barzel, Erich Feldweg, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 038-096, April 18, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-096 (accessed October 5, 2026).