Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-009
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard G. Kleindienst
Thursday, March 22, 1973 · 2:01 PM–2:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief administrative interaction serves as the precursor to a direct consultation between the President and the head of the Department of Justice. No further substantive discussion occurs during this segment of the recording.
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NARA Description
On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-009
Date: March 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:01 and 2:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 422-33A]
Call to Richard G. KleindienstAlso recorded on March 22, 1973
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- 044-007 1:47 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 422-029 1:47 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 422-030 1:47 PM · 10 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 1:47 pm and 1:52 pm.
- 044-008 1:52 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 1:55 pm.
- 422-031 1:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:52 pm to 1:55 pm.
- 422-032 1:55 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 1:57 pm.
- 422-033 1:57 PM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:57 pm and 3:43 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-009, March 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/044-009 (accessed October 1, 2026).