Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-017

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Fred Buzhardt

Tuesday, June 19, 1973 · 3:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-017 on Tape 41StartTuesday, June 19, 1973 at 3:00 PMEndTuesday, June 19, 1973 at 3:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. to discuss legal or administrative matters. He specifically directed that Buzhardt should not be contacted if he was currently at the Capitol, requesting that the operator verify his presence in his office first. This exchange highlights the logistical coordination required for Nixon to communicate with his legal team during the height of the Watergate investigations.

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Mr. Bazaard, please.
Operator, if he's down at the Congress, don't get him down there.
If he's in his office, thank you.
Let me know if he's in his office.

NARA Description

On June 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-17

Date: June 19, 1973
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 447-23]

     Request for a telephone call
          -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
                 -Buzhardt’s location

Also recorded on June 19, 1973

  • 041-018 3:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:01 pm.
  • 447-023 3:00 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:00 pm.
  • 447-024 3:00 PM · 12 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 3:00 pm and 3:01 pm.
  • 041-019 3:01 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:01 pm to 3:04 pm.
  • 447-025 3:01 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:01 pm to 3:04 pm.
  • 041-020 3:07 PM · 16 sec — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:07 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 945-006 3:07 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:07 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 945-007 3:09 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., Melvin R. Laird, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 4:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-017, June 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-017 (accessed October 9, 2026).