Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-026
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers
Tuesday, May 29, 1973 · 9:58 AM–10:45 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Joseph J. Sisco on behalf of Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief exchange facilitated communication between the President's administration and the Department of State. No further policy discussion or substantive decision-making occurred during this connection.
- William P. Rogers
- Joseph J. Sisco
- Department of State
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-26
Date: May 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:58 am and 10:45 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 929-7A]
Request for telephone call to Joseph J.Sisco for William P. Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on May 29, 1973
- 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.
- 929-006 9:48 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:58 am.
- 039-027 9:58 AM · 1 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, and Joseph J. Sisco talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:45 am.
- 929-007 9:58 AM · 1 hr 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, White House operator, Joseph J. Sisco, unknown person(s), John A. Scali, Henry A. Kissinger, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 11:06 am.
- 124-003 11:06 AM · 1 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, J. William Fulbright, Strom Thurmond, Milton R. Young, W[illiam] Stuart Symington, John L. McClellan, Robert C. Byrd, Carl B. Albert, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Dr. Thomas E. ("Doc") Morgan, William S. Mailliard, F. Edward Hébert, George H. Mahon, Elford A. Cederberg, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, and Max L. Friedersdorf, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 11:06 am to 12:05 pm.
- 929-020 11:06 AM · 31 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 12:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-026, 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/039-026 (accessed October 12, 2026).