Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-148

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham

Wednesday, February 21, 1973 · 11:17 AM–11:19 AM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-148 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 21, 1973 at 11:17 AMEndWednesday, February 21, 1973 at 11:19 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-148 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinated a telephone exchange with Reverend Billy Graham through the White House operator. After learning that Graham was traveling to his mother's residence, the President instructed the operator to hold the call until the afternoon. Nixon concluded the brief exchange by noting he would attempt to reach Graham later in the day despite his own potentially fluctuating schedule.

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Hello?

Reverend Graham is en route to his mother's residency there in about an hour and a half.

May I leave word?

Let's see, an hour and a half.

There's no urgency.

You tell him I'll place the call this afternoon sometime.

All right, sir.

Thank you, because I may be out then, and I'll call him back.

Thank you.

All right.

NARA Description

On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-148 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-148

Date: February 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:17 am and 11:19 am
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 859-26]

       William F. (“Billy”) Graham’s location

Also recorded on February 21, 1973

043-147 11:16 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 11:16 am to 11:17 am.
859-025 11:16 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:17 am.
859-026 11:17 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:19 am.
043-149 11:19 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:19 am.
859-027 11:19 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:19 am.
859-028 11:19 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:33 am.
859-029 11:19 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:33 am.
859-030 11:19 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:33 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-148, 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/043-148 (accessed October 11, 2026).