Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-143
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham
Wednesday, February 21, 1973 · 10:04 AM–10:16 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Reverend Billy Graham. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate direct communication between the President and the prominent evangelist. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this short administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-143 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-143
Date: February 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:04 am and 10:16 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) GrahamAlso recorded on February 21, 1973
- 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.
- 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.
- 043-142 10:04 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:04 am to 10:08 am.
- 859-014 10:08 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:16 am.
- 859-015 10:08 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:16 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-143, 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/043-143 (accessed October 11, 2026).