Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-145

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham

Wednesday, February 21, 1973 · 10:17 AM–11:16 AM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-145 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 21, 1973 at 10:17 AMEndWednesday, February 21, 1973 at 11:16 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-145 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to reattempt a telephone connection to evangelist William F. “Billy” Graham. This brief exchange served as a procedural request to facilitate communication between the President and Graham. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.

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Please.

You can try that Billy Graham call again if you want.

All right, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 11:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-145 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-145

Date: February 21, 1973
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Time: Unknown between 10:17 am and 11:16 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 859-22]

       Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham

Also recorded on February 21, 1973

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.
043-144 10:16 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Harry S. Dent talked on the telephone from 10:16 am to 10:17 am.
859-016 10:16 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Harry S. Dent met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:16 am to 10:17 am.
043-146 10:17 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 11:16 am.
859-017 10:17 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 10:19 am.
859-018 10:17 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 10:19 am.
859-039 10:17 AM · 13 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 10:19 am.
859-019 10:19 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:19 am to 10:46 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-145, 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/043-145 (accessed October 11, 2026).