Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-018
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone operations
Tuesday, June 19, 1973 · 3:00 PM–3:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon speaks briefly with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the call is to establish contact with Julie Nixon Eisenhower. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this brief administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 41-18
Date: June 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 447-18]
Request for telephone call
-Julie Nixon EisenhowerAlso recorded on June 19, 1973
- 041-017 3:00 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:00 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 041-018, 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/041-018 (accessed October 9, 2026).