Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-138
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Harry S. Dent
Wednesday, February 21, 1973 · 9:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to political advisor Harry S. Dent. The operator noted that Dent might currently be in South Carolina, though he could have already returned to Washington. This brief interaction served as a logistical attempt by the President to initiate contact with a key staff member for unspecified discussion.
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NARA Description
On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-138 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-138
Date: February 21, 1973
Time: 9:53 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 859-8]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Request for a call to Harry S. DentAlso recorded on February 21, 1973
- 859-009 9:44 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:44 am to 9:55 am.
- 043-139 9:53 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:53 am and 9:56 am.
- 859-010 9:55 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:58 am.
- 859-011 9:55 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:58 am.
- 859-012 9:55 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:58 am.
- 043-140 9:56 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:56 am.
- 043-141 9:56 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 am and 10:04 am.
- 859-013 9:58 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:08 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-138, February 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-138 (accessed October 11, 2026).