Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-119

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Patrick J. Buchanan

Tuesday, February 20, 1973 · 3:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-119 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 20, 1973 at 3:18 PMEndTuesday, February 20, 1973 at 3:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-119 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194949 ↗

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On February 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-119 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 43-119

Date: February 20, 1973
Time: 3:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 411-5]

       Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 43-120 (cont’d)

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Yes, please.
Pat Buchanan, please.
Thank you, sir.
Okay.
  • 043-118 3:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:17 pm.
  • 411-004 3:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:14 pm to 3:17 pm.
  • 411-005 3:17 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:17 pm.
  • 043-120 3:18 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 3:18 pm to 3:22 pm.
  • 411-006 3:18 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:18 pm to 3:22 pm.
  • 043-121 3:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:17 pm.
  • 411-007 3:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:15 pm.
  • 411-008 3:22 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 3:22 pm and 4:15 pm.

Conversation 043-119, February 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194949). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-119 (accessed November 15, 2026).