Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-084
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Time verification
Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 8:19 PM–8:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call with the White House operator to verify the exact time. The interaction served as a routine inquiry for temporal confirmation. No policy matters or further administrative actions were discussed during this short exchange.
- White House operations
- Presidential communications
- Time verification
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NARA Description
On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone from 8:19 pm to 8:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-084 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-84
Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 8:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Time checkAlso recorded on June 14, 1973
- 040-085 8:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:41 pm.
- 040-086 9:41 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:41 pm to 9:53 pm.
- 040-087 9:54 PM · 4 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:54 pm to 9:57 pm.
- 040-088 9:57 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:57 pm and 10:01 pm.
- 040-089 9:57 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:57 pm and 10:01 pm.
- 040-090 10:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 10:01 pm to 10:03 pm.
- 040-091 10:10 PM · 37 sec — Charles W. Colson and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:10 pm to 10:11 pm.
- 040-092 10:12 PM · 1 min — Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:12 pm to 10:13 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-084, June 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-084 (accessed October 12, 2026).