Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-024

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Paul W. Keyes

Monday, May 28, 1973 · 10:33 PM–10:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation039-024 on Tape 39StartMonday, May 28, 1973 at 10:33 PMEndMonday, May 28, 1973 at 10:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Paul W. Keyes, who was located in California. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication with Keyes. No further discussion or substantive policy decisions occurred during this brief interaction.

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Operator?
Would you try Mr. Paul Keyes in California, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On May 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:33 pm and 10:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-24

Date: May 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:33 pm and 10:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for telephone call to Paul W. Keyes
             -California

Also recorded on May 29, 1973

  • 039-022 10:15 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:15 pm.
  • 039-023 10:31 PM · 2 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:31 pm to 10:33 pm.
  • 039-025 10:40 PM · 4 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 10:40 pm to 10:44 pm.
  • 929-001 8:30 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:44 am.
  • 929-002 8:30 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:44 am.
  • 929-003 8:44 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 am to 9:10 am.
  • 929-004 9:12 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:12 am.
  • 929-005 9:12 AM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 9:48 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-024, May 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).