Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-189
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on F. Edward Hebert
Friday, February 23, 1973 · 3:18 PM–3:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Congressman F. Edward Hebert. This brief exchange served as a procedural request to initiate a direct conversation with the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this connection attempt.
- F. Edward Hebert
- Congressional relations
- House Armed Services Committee
- Presidential communications
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NARA Description
On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-189 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-189
Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:18 pm and 3:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 413-11]
Request for a call to F. Edward HebertAlso recorded on February 23, 1973
- 043-188 3:18 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:18 pm.
- 413-009 3:18 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 3:18 pm.
- 413-010 3:18 PM · 16 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 3:18 pm and 3:26 pm.
- 413-011 3:18 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 3:18 pm and 3:26 pm.
- 043-190 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and F. Edward Hébert talked on the telephone from 3:26 pm to 3:28 pm.
- 413-012 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and F. Edward Hébert met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:26 pm to 3:27 pm.
- 043-191 3:29 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 3:29 pm to 3:32 pm.
- 413-013 3:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 3:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-189, 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/043-189 (accessed October 1, 2026).