Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-144
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House telephone
Friday, May 25, 1973 · 12:17 AM–12:57 AM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min
AI Summary
The President engaged in an unidentified late-night telephone call while background music and voices were audible on the line. Due to the lack of an available transcript and the presence of ambient noise, the specific purpose and content of the exchange remain unknown. No substantive policy decisions or developments can be verified from the recording.
- White House telephone
- Presidential communication
- background noise
- unidentified caller
Audio
NARA Description
On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 am and 12:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-144 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation 39-144
Date: May 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:17 am and 12:57 am
Location: White House Telephone
The telephone line was engaged. Faint music and voices can be heard in the background.
The President talked with an unknown person.
Exclamation
The telephone line remained engaged. Music can be heard in the background.Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: An engaged telephone line with background music/voices. Richard Nixon speaks briefly at 1:55.
Also recorded on May 25, 1973
- 039-012 12:17 AM · 18 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 am and 12:57 am.
- 039-013 12:17 AM · 19 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 am and 12:57 am.
- 039-014 12:57 AM · 1 min — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 12:57 am to 12:58 am.
- 039-015 12:58 AM · 17 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 12:58 am.
- 039-016 12:58 AM · 26 min — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 12:58 am to 1:25 am.
- 039-017 1:25 AM · 3 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 1:25 am to 1:27 am.
- 039-018 1:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:27 am and 1:39 am.
- 039-019 1:39 AM · 3 min — White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Ronald L. Ziegler, President Richard M. Nixon, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 1:39 am to 1:43 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-144, May 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-144 (accessed November 2, 2026).