Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-168
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Thomas Hart
Thursday, February 22, 1973 · 2:24 PM–2:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Thomas Hart. This brief exchange serves strictly as a logistical connection to facilitate communication between the President and Hart. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this interaction.
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NARA Description
On February 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 2:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-168 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-168
Date: February 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:24 pm and 2:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 411-14]
Request for a call to Thomas HartAlso recorded on February 22, 1973
- 043-167 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
- 411-013 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
- 411-014 2:24 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:24 pm.
- 043-169 2:25 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart talked on the telephone at 2:25 pm.
- 043-170 2:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:25 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 411-015 2:25 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 2:26 pm.
- 411-016 2:26 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:35 pm.
- 411-017 2:26 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-168, February 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-168 (accessed October 1, 2026).