Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-123

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Eugene Ormandy

Tuesday, February 20, 1973 · 4:18 PM–4:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-123 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 20, 1973 at 4:18 PMEndTuesday, February 20, 1973 at 4:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-123 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to the renowned orchestra conductor Eugene Ormandy in Philadelphia. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate the connection between the President and the musician. No substantive political or policy discussions took place during this administrative interaction.

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Please.

Could you get me Mr. Eugene Ormandy in Philadelphia?

Thank you.

The conductor?

Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:18 pm and 4:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-123 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-123

Date: February 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:18 pm and 4:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 411-9C]

       Request for a call to Eugene Ormandy

Also recorded on February 20, 1973

043-119 3:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:18 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.
411-020 3:22 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:15 pm.
411-009 4:15 PM · 1 hr 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House photographer, White House operator, William E. Timmons, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, and Eugene Ormandy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:15 pm to 6:10 pm.
043-122 4:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 4:17 pm to 4:18 pm.
043-124 4:46 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Eugene Ormandy, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 4:46 pm to 4:51 pm.

All 21 conversations from February 20, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-123, February 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-123 (accessed October 1, 2026).