Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-021

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lady Bird Johnson

Saturday, February 3, 1973 · 1:23 PM–1:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-021 on Tape 43StartSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 1:23 PMEndSaturday, February 3, 1973 at 1:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to former First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson. The request specifically identified her location as Texas to facilitate the connection. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of communication between the President and Mrs. Johnson.

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Please?

Would you call Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, please?

Mrs. Johnson in Texas?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-21

Date: February 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 1:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 840-18]

       Request for a call to Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
                                               -13-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 43-21 (cont’d)

Also recorded on February 3, 1973

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.
043-020 1:21 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield talked on the telephone from 1:21 pm to 1:23 pm.
840-016 1:21 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:21 pm to 1:23 pm.
840-017 1:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
840-018 1:23 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
840-019 1:32 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Claudia A. Johnson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:32 pm to 1:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-021, 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/043-021 (accessed October 1, 2026).