Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-080

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William E. Timmons

Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 2:39 PM–2:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-080 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 2:39 PMEndWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 2:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-080 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with William E. Timmons. The President specified that he could reach Timmons through an aide named David. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.

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Timmons, please.
He said, David, you can get him there.

NARA Description

On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-080 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-80

Date: February 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 2:59 pm
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 412-4]

       Request for a call to William E. Timmons

Also recorded on February 14, 1973

  • 856-001 2:20 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) [television technicians] met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 412-001 2:31 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm.
  • 412-002 2:31 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm.
  • 043-078 2:38 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm.
  • 043-079 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 412-003 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 412-004 2:39 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 043-081 2:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-080, February 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-080 (accessed October 1, 2026).