Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-136

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.

Thursday, June 7, 1973 · 3:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation039-136 on Tape 39StartThursday, June 7, 1973 at 3:48 PMEndThursday, June 7, 1973 at 3:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-136 ↗

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On June 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-136 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-136

Date: June 7, 1973
Time: 3:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 441-34]

       Request for meeting with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.

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Would you ask Mr. Bazzard if he's free to come to the EOB office?
Now, if he's in a meeting, don't bother him, okay?
All right, sir.

Also recorded on June 7, 1973

  • 039-134 1:52 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 1:57 pm.
  • 039-135 1:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 441-031 1:57 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 441-032 1:58 PM · 9 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 1:58 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 441-033 3:30 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:32 pm.
  • 441-034 3:48 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:48 pm to 3:58 pm.
  • 441-035 3:53 PM · 3 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 5:30 pm.
  • 934-012 5:37 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:37 pm to 5:52 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-136, June 7, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-136 (accessed November 15, 2026).