Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-045

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House Operator

Wednesday, March 28, 1973 · 12:30 PM–12:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-045 on Tape 44StartWednesday, March 28, 1973 at 12:30 PMEndWednesday, March 28, 1973 at 12:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-045 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to be connected with First Lady Pat Nixon. The purpose of the communication is purely personal, as the President requests the operator to place the call on his behalf. No substantive political or administrative matters are addressed during this short exchange.

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Miss Nixon, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-045 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-045

Date: March 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 425-7]

       Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Also recorded on March 28, 1973

044-043 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:30 pm.
425-005 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:28 pm to 12:30 pm.
425-006 12:28 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 12:28 pm and 12:34 pm.
425-007 12:28 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 12:28 pm and 12:34 pm.
044-044 12:30 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm.
044-046 12:34 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 12:35 pm.
425-008 12:34 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:34 pm to 12:35 pm.
044-047 12:35 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-045, March 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-045 (accessed October 2, 2026).