Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-042
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Fred Buzhardt
Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 9:30 PM–9:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., who was serving as White House Counsel at the time. This brief interaction served solely to facilitate official communication between the President and his legal advisor. No further substantive details regarding the purpose or outcome of the subsequent discussion were recorded in this initial connection request.
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NARA Description
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-042 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-42
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 444-25]
Request for telephone call
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.Also recorded on June 13, 1973
- 040-040 8:21 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:21 pm and 9:28 pm.
- 040-041 9:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:28 pm to 9:30 pm.
- 444-025 9:30 PM · 8 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 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm.
- 040-043 9:37 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:37 pm to 9:56 pm.
- 444-026 9:37 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:37 pm to 9:56 pm.
- 040-044 9:56 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 pm and 10:18 pm.
- 040-045 10:18 PM · 21 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:18 pm.
- 040-046 10:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:18 pm and 10:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-042, June 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-042 (accessed October 9, 2026).