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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-059 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 8:37 AMEndTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 8:47 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-059 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to former First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate communication between the President and Mrs. Johnson. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request.

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Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

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”) Johnson

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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-059 (accessed October 1, 2026).