Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-180

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William E. Timmons

Friday, February 23, 1973 · 9:34 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-180 on Tape 43StartFriday, February 23, 1973 at 9:34 AMEndFriday, February 23, 1973 at 9:34 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-180 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a formal request for William E. Timmons to report to the Oval Office. This brief communication served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate a high-level meeting between the President and his Assistant for Legislative Affairs. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this exchange.

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Could you ask Bill Timmons to step in the Oval Office, please?
Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-180 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-180

Date: February 23, 1973
Time: 9:34 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 862-3]

       Requested William E. Timmons join him in the Oval Office

Also recorded on February 23, 1973

  • 862-002 9:33 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:33 am to 9:34 am.
  • 043-181 9:34 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:34 am and 12:32 pm.
  • 862-003 9:34 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:34 am.
  • 862-004 9:34 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:34 am to 10:05 am.
  • 862-005 10:05 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:08 am.
  • 862-006 10:08 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard G. Kleindienst, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:08 am to 10:52 am.
  • 862-007 10:52 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:52 am to 10:53 am.
  • 862-008 10:53 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter J. Brennan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James F. Oates, James H. Cavanaugh, Col. H. Spencer Faircloth, William H. Ayers, Lawrence L. O???Conner, Richard Gerstenberg, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:53 am to 11:13 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-180, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-180 (accessed October 1, 2026).