Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-069
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George P. Shultz
Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 1:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. The President explicitly requested that the operator avoid interrupting Shultz if he was currently at lunch, reflecting a desire to minimize disruption to the Secretary's schedule. This routine administrative request served as a preparatory step for an impending discussion between the President and his Treasury Secretary.
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NARA Description
On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-069 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-69
Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 1:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 445-8]
Request for telephone call
-George P. ShultzAlso recorded on June 13, 1973
- 040-070 1:39 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:41 pm.
- 445-008 1:39 PM · 18 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 1:39 pm and 1:41 pm.
- 445-009 1:39 PM · 41 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 1:39 pm and 1:41 pm.
- 445-010 1:39 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 1:39 pm and 1:41 pm.
- 040-071 1:41 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:41 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 445-011 1:41 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:41 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 040-072 1:46 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm.
- 445-012 1:46 PM · 12 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 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-069, 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/040-069 (accessed October 9, 2026).