Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-144

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Administrative communications

Wednesday, April 25, 1973 · 2:01 PM–3:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation038-144 on Tape 38StartWednesday, April 25, 1973 at 2:01 PMEndWednesday, April 25, 1973 at 3:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-144 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief telephone communication with a White House operator. The recording consists of a standard administrative exchange regarding phone connectivity. Due to the fragmented nature of the archival recording, no substantive political discussions or policy decisions were captured.

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NARA Description

On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-144 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 38-144

Date: April 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator. The discontinuity in this conversation
appears in the original recording.

[This may also be Conversation No. 430-11]

     Acknowledgement

Also recorded on April 25, 1973

  • 430-005 2:00 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:00 pm to 2:01 pm.
  • 430-006 2:01 PM · 17 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 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-007 2:01 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-008 2:01 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-009 2:01 PM · 10 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 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-010 2:01 PM · 7 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 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-011 2:01 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 038-145 3:14 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 038-144, April 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-144 (accessed October 4, 2026).