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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senate Majority Leader Michael J. Mansfield. This brief administrative interaction serves as the initiation of communication between the President and the Senate leader. No further discussion occurs during this segment of the recording.

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Senator Mansfield, please.
Yes, sir.

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

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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-019 (accessed October 1, 2026).