Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-065
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers
Tuesday, February 13, 1973 · 11:47 AM–12:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary procedural step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Secretary of State. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 12:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-065 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-65
Date: February 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:47 am and 12:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 854-32A]
Request for a call to William P. Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 43-66 (cont’d)Also recorded on February 13, 1973
- 854-019 10:59 AM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:59 am to 11:42 am.
- 043-063 11:13 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 12:55 pm.
- 043-064 11:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 12:55 pm.
- 854-020 11:42 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 11:43 am.
- 854-021 11:43 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John A. Scali, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 12:25 pm.
- 854-022 12:25 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:26 pm.
- 854-023 12:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:28 pm.
- 854-024 12:29 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 12:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-065, 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/043-065 (accessed October 12, 2026).