Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-134

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Thursday, February 15, 1973 · 8:27 AM–9:06 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-134 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 15, 1973 at 8:27 AMEndThursday, February 15, 1973 at 9:06 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-134 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and the Secretary. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.

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Secretary Rogers, please.

NARA Description

On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 9:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-134 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-134

Date: February 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:27 am and 9:06 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 859-2]

       Request for a call to William P. Rogers

Also recorded on February 15, 1973

  • 857-001 9:02 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:02 am to 9:12 am.
  • 857-002 9:12 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 9:20 am.
  • 857-003 9:20 AM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, William E. Timmons, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:20 am to 10:40 am.
  • 857-004 10:40 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, Russell E. Train, William D. Ruckelhaus, John D. Ehrlichman, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:40 am to 11:10 am.
  • 043-087 11:12 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:14 am.
  • 043-088 11:12 AM · 43 sec — Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 12:02 pm.
  • 857-005 11:12 AM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, White House operator, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:12 am to 12:02 pm.
  • 857-006 12:02 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-134, February 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-134 (accessed October 11, 2026).