Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-181
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Friday, February 23, 1973 · 9:34 AM–12:32 PM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec
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On February 23, 1973, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-181 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-181
Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:34 am and 12:32 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 862-12]
Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
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Conversation No. 43-182 (cont’d)Transcript (AI-generated)
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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.
- 043-180 9:34 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:34 am.
- 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 043-181, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195067). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-181 (accessed November 15, 2026).