Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-192

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Gerald R. Ford

Friday, February 23, 1973 · 3:32 PM–3:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-192 on Tape 43StartFriday, February 23, 1973 at 3:32 PMEndFriday, February 23, 1973 at 3:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-192 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195087 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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 3:32 pm and 3:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-192 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-192
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 43-191 (cont’d)

Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:32 pm and 3:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 413-15]

       Request for a call to Gerald R. Ford

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Please.
Congressman Ford.
Thank you.

Also recorded on February 23, 1973

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 043-193 3:32 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:32 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 413-014 3:32 PM · 8 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 3:32 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 413-015 3:35 PM · 11 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 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 413-016 3:35 PM · 15 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 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 413-017 3:35 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Gerald R. Ford, White House operator, Wilbur D. Mills, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:35 pm to 4:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-192, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195087). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-192 (accessed November 15, 2026).