Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-154
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone operations
Wednesday, April 25, 1973 · 7:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. Due to the lack of intelligible content in the transcript, no further substantive policy or administrative discussions were recorded during this brief exchange. The recording serves primarily as a procedural log of the President's telephonic activity.
- White House communications
- Telephone operations
- Procedural log
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NARA Description
On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-154 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-154 Date: April 25, 1973 Time: 7:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 430-34] [Unintelligible]
Also recorded on April 26, 1973
- 038-151 7:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:17 pm to 7:19 pm.
- 038-152 7:19 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:19 pm and 7:25 pm.
- 430-032 7:19 PM · 18 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 7:19 pm and 7:22 pm.
- 038-153 7:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 7:22 pm to 7:25 pm.
- 430-033 7:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:22 pm to 7:25 pm.
- 038-155 7:25 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 7:25 pm to 7:39 pm.
- 430-034 7:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:25 pm.
- 430-035 7:25 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:25 pm to 7:39 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 038-154, April 26, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-154 (accessed October 5, 2026).