Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 40 › Conversation 040-099

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Rose Mary Woods

Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 10:53 PM ET · White House Telephone ·19 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator;  Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation040-099 onTape 40StartWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 10:53 PMEndWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 10:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-099 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon attempted to reach his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, via the White House operator to discuss an administrative matter. After learning Woods was unavailable, Nixon requested the operator locate his personal secretary, Nellie L. Yates, provided she was currently in the office. He explicitly directed that she should not be contacted if she had already returned home for the evening.

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Miss Woods is not answering, sir.
You can skip that.
All right.
Would you see if Nell Yates is in the office?
If she is, I'll talk to her.
If she's home, I don't want to talk to her.
All right, fine.
Call me back.
All right.

NARA Description

On June 13, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-099 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-99

Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 10:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Request for telephone call
          -Rose Mary Woods
          -Nellie L. Yates

Also recorded on June 14, 1973

  • 040-095 10:32 PM · 8 min — Charles W. Colson and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:32 pm to 10:39 pm.
  • 040-096 10:40 PM · 25 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:40 pm.
  • 040-097 10:43 PM · 6 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:43 pm to 10:49 pm.
  • 040-098 10:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:49 pm and 10:53 pm.
  • 040-100 10:54 PM · 11 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:54 pm.
  • 040-101 10:54 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:54 pm and 11:00 pm.
  • 040-102 11:00 PM · 16 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:00 pm.
  • 040-103 11:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:02 pm to 11:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-099, 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/040-099 (accessed September 18, 2026).