Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-059
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lady Bird Johnson
Tuesday, February 13, 1973 · 8:37 AM–8:47 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
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On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 8:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-059 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-59
Date: February 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:37 am and 8:47 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation 854-5]
Request for a call to Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) JohnsonTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on February 13, 1973
- 043-056 8:27 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 8:33 am.
- 043-057 8:27 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Robinson Risner talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 8:33 am.
- 854-003 8:27 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Robinson Risner met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 8:33 am.
- 043-058 8:35 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:35 am to 8:37 am.
- 854-004 8:35 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. Jeremiah P. Denton met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:35 am to 8:37 am.
- 854-005 8:37 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 8:47 am.
- 043-060 8:47 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Claudia A. Johnson talked on the telephone from 8:47 am to 8:54 am.
- 854-006 8:47 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Claudia A. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:47 am to 8:54 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-059, February 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194829). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-059 (accessed November 15, 2026).