Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-025

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Howard Morgens

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 10:25 AM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-025 on Tape 40StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 10:25 AMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 10:25 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Howard Morgens, the president of Procter & Gamble. This administrative request facilitates a conversation with the executive of the Cincinnati-based corporation. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this brief exchange.

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I'd like to speak to Mr. Howard Morgans.
He is the president of Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati.

NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:25 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-25

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 10:25 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 937-8]

     Howard Morgan
         -Request for a telephone call
         -Procter and Gamble
               -Cincinnati, Ohio

Also recorded on June 12, 1973

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  • 937-008 10:03 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 10:25 am.
  • 937-009 10:25 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:30 am.
  • 937-010 10:25 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:30 am.
  • 937-011 10:25 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:30 am.
  • 937-012 10:25 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:30 am.
  • 937-013 10:30 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Roy L. Ash, and Howard Morgan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:30 am to 11:15 am.
  • 040-026 10:34 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Howard Morgan talked on the telephone from 10:34 am to 10:37 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-025, 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/040-025 (accessed October 12, 2026).