Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-118

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House communication

Thursday, June 14, 1973 · 6:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-118 on Tape 40StartThursday, June 14, 1973 at 6:03 PMEndThursday, June 14, 1973 at 6:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-118 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a routine administrative request to reach the First Lady. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this exchange.

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Please.
Mrs. Nixon, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-118 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-118

Date: June 14, 1973
Time: 6:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 446-9]

     Request for telephone call
          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on June 14, 1973

  • 446-007 5:58 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:58 pm and 6:03 pm.
  • 446-008 5:58 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Chief Petty Officer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:58 pm and 6:03 pm.
  • 040-119 6:03 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:08 pm.
  • 446-009 6:03 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:03 pm to 6:04 pm.
  • 446-010 6:04 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:04 pm and 6:08 pm.
  • 446-011 6:04 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:04 pm and 6:08 pm.
  • 040-120 6:08 PM · 2 min — Rose Mary Woods and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm.
  • 446-012 6:08 PM · 2 min — Rose Mary Woods and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-118, 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/040-118 (accessed October 9, 2026).