Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-111
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham and Communication
Thursday, February 15, 1973 · 7:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to evangelist Billy Graham, who was reportedly traveling in the Bahamas. Nixon specified that the nature of the conversation was not confidential. The primary purpose of this communication was to facilitate a personal contact between the President and Graham.
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NARA Description
On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-111 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-111
Date: February 15, 1973
Time: 7:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 410-46]
Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) GrahamAlso recorded on February 16, 1973
- 043-112 7:02 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:02 pm.
- 043-113 7:02 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Arnold Palmer talked on the telephone from 7:02 pm to 7:04 pm.
- 043-114 7:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Frank B. Rackley, and Marguerite Rackley talked on the telephone from 7:05 pm to 7:18 pm.
- 043-222 7:05 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:05 pm.
- 858-001 8:50 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 11:59 pm.
- 858-002 8:50 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:08 am.
- 858-003 9:08 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:36 am.
- 114-001 9:39 AM · 1 hr 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, George H. W. Bush, Bryce N. Harlow, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 9:39 am to 11:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-111, February 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-111 (accessed October 12, 2026).