Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-023

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bryce N. Harlow

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 9:18 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-023 on Tape 40StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 9:18 AMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 9:18 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-023 ↗

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NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:18 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-23

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 9:18 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 937-4]

     Request for telephone call
          -Bryce N. Harlow

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Could you give me Bryce Harlow, please?

Yes, thank you.

Also recorded on June 12, 1973

937-002 8:35 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:44 am.
040-022 8:44 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 8:44 am to 8:46 am.
937-003 8:44 AM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 am to 9:18 am.
937-004 9:18 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:18 am.
040-024 9:19 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bryce N. Harlow, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:25 am.
937-005 9:19 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bryce N. Harlow, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 10:00 am.
937-006 10:00 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:03 am.
937-007 10:00 AM · 10 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:03 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-023, June 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-023 (accessed November 3, 2026).