Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-100

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nellie L. Yates

Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 10:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation040-100 on Tape 40StartWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 10:54 PMEndWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 10:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-100 ↗

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On June 13, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-100 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-100

Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 10:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Request for telephone call
          -Nellie L. Yates

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Ms. Yates is not answering in the office.
All right.
Let her go.
Okay.

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  • 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.
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  • 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 040-100, 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/040-100 (accessed November 2, 2026).