Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-117

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman

Wednesday, June 6, 1973 · 4:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation039-117 on Tape 39StartWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 4:46 PMEndWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 4:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-117 ↗

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NARA Description

On June 6, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 4:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-117 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-117

Date: June 6, 1973
Time: 4:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 443-24]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 39-117 (cont’d)

       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s location
               -Meeting with John J. Wilson
                      -Duration

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He's in the office of John Wilson.
Oh, no.
About a half hour.
Oh, I see.
Residence?
Let's see what time you have now.
447, yeah.
Are you going to call him here?
I better call him back.
All right.
Because he won't know where I'll be.
Thank you.
Very good.

Also recorded on June 6, 1973

  • 039-116 4:44 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm.
  • 443-023 4:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm.
  • 443-038 4:44 PM · 8 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 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm.
  • 443-024 4:46 PM · 28 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:46 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 039-118 4:51 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:51 pm.
  • 039-119 4:51 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 443-025 4:51 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:51 pm.
  • 443-026 4:51 PM · 12 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 4:51 pm and 4:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-117, June 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-117 (accessed November 12, 2026).