Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-098

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Thursday, February 15, 1973 · 4:52 PM–4:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-098 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 15, 1973 at 4:52 PMEndThursday, February 15, 1973 at 4:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-098 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194907 ↗

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NARA Description

On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 4:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-098 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-98

Date: February 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 4:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

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please.
Mrs. Nixon please.
Thank you.

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  • 043-095 4:36 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:36 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 043-096 4:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 4:42 pm to 4:44 pm.
  • 043-097 4:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 4:50 pm to 4:52 pm.
  • 043-099 4:54 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:54 pm to 4:56 pm.
  • 043-100 4:57 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm.
  • 043-101 4:58 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 6:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-098, February 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194907). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-098 (accessed November 15, 2026).