Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-019

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Michael J. Mansfield

Saturday, February 3, 1973 · 12:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-019 on Tape 43StartSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 12:16 PMEndSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-019 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194753 ↗

A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-19

Date: February 3, 1973
Time: 12:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 840-14]

       Request for a call to Michael J. Mansfield

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Senator Mansfield, please.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on February 3, 1973

  • 043-017 12:09 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:15 pm.
  • 840-010 12:09 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:09 pm.
  • 840-011 12:09 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:12 pm.
  • 840-012 12:12 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:12 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 043-018 12:15 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 840-013 1:20 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:20 pm.
  • 840-014 1:20 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm.
  • 840-015 1:20 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-019, February 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194753). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-019 (accessed November 15, 2026).