Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-069

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John Ford

Tuesday, February 13, 1973 · 1:50 PM–4:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-069 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 1:50 PMEndTuesday, February 13, 1973 at 4:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-069 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194849 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Hollywood producer John Ford. Acting on instructions from S. Bruce Herschensohn, the President requested that the operator locate Ford’s contact information through his former office, managed by a Mr. Hutchinson. The primary objective of the call was to establish communication with Ford for the President.

John Ford
S. Bruce Herschensohn
Communication logistics
Hollywood
White House operations

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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 1:50 pm and 4:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-69

Date: February 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 4:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 410-14B]

       Request for a call to John Ford
            -S. Bruce Herschensohn
                                                -38-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 43-70 (cont’d)

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Please.

We'd like to talk to Mr. John Ford in Hollywood.

Now, he's the producer.

Do you have the director?

Uh-huh, yeah.

Just a second.

Let's see if we can find the address.

Do you have any there?

You can call Mr. Hutchinson in which was his office.

Do you know how to reach him?

And ask him what his address is and try to get him out.

I'll talk to him.

All right.

Mr. Pistons?

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043-067 1:41 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 1:49 pm.
854-036 1:41 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 1:42 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-069, February 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194849). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-069 (accessed November 15, 2026).