Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-006
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.
Monday, June 11, 1973 · 2:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to summon J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. to the Oval Office for a meeting. The President requested that the operator locate Buzhardt immediately, even if he was at lunch. This brief exchange served to facilitate an urgent direct consultation with his legal counsel.
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NARA Description
On June 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-6
Date: June 11, 1973
Time: 2:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 444-3]
Meeting with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-LocationAlso recorded on June 11, 1973
- 444-003 2:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:13 pm.
- 444-004 2:13 PM · 14 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 2:13 pm and 2:17 pm.
- 444-005 2:13 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:55 pm.
- 040-007 2:17 PM · 41 sec — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm.
- 040-008 2:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:55 pm.
- 040-009 2:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 2:55 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 444-006 2:55 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:55 pm.
- 444-007 2:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:55 pm to 2:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-006, June 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-006 (accessed September 28, 2026).