Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-121

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Nellie Yates and Telephone log

Thursday, June 14, 1973 · 9:10 PM–9:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-121 on Tape 40StartThursday, June 14, 1973 at 9:10 PMEndThursday, June 14, 1973 at 9:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-121 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Nellie Yates. He provided instructions to ensure the operator did not disturb Yates if she was at dinner or otherwise occupied. The conversation was purely administrative, serving as a brief request for telephonic assistance.

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Please.

Hi, Mrs. Nell Gates, please.

Thank you.

Dinner or something, don't bother.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On June 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-121 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-121

Date: June 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 446-13]

     Request for telephone call
          -Nellie L. Yates

Also recorded on June 15, 1973

446-013 9:10 PM · 14 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 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm.
040-122 9:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates talked on the telephone from 9:14 pm to 9:16 pm.
446-014 9:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:14 pm to 9:16 pm.
446-015 9:16 PM · 22 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 9:16 pm and 10:00 pm.
446-016 9:16 PM · 9 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 9:16 pm and 10:00 pm.
446-017 10:00 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:00 pm to 11:15 pm.
942-001 8:20 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:20 am to 8:46 am.
942-002 8:46 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:20 am.

All 17 conversations from June 15, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-121, June 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-121 (accessed October 9, 2026).