Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-030

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Brent Scowcroft

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 1:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-030 on Tape 40StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 1:15 PMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 1:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-030 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-30

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 1:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 444-15]

     Request for telephone call
          -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft

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Also recorded on June 12, 1973

  • 040-031 1:15 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
  • 444-015 1:15 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:16 pm.
  • 444-016 1:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
  • 040-032 1:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:24 pm.
  • 444-017 1:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:24 pm.
  • 444-018 1:16 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:24 pm.
  • 040-033 1:24 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:24 pm to 1:41 pm.
  • 444-019 1:24 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:24 pm to 1:41 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-030, 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/040-030 (accessed November 12, 2026).