Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-081

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John D. Ehrlichman

Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 6:24 PM–6:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-081 on Tape 44StartThursday, March 29, 1973 at 6:24 PMEndThursday, March 29, 1973 at 6:25 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-081 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with domestic affairs advisor John D. Ehrlichman. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and a key staff member. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this interaction.

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Yes, Pete.
Mr. Ehrlichman, please.
Yes.

NARA Description

On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-081 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-081

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 426-19]

       Call to John D. Ehrlichman

Also recorded on March 29, 1973

  • 426-018 6:24 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:24 pm.
  • 426-019 6:24 PM · 8 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 6:24 pm and 6:25 pm.
  • 044-082 6:25 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 6:25 pm to 6:26 pm.
  • 426-020 6:25 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:25 pm to 6:26 pm.
  • 044-083 6:26 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 6:30 pm.
  • 426-021 6:26 PM · 8 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 6:26 pm and 6:30 pm.
  • 044-084 6:30 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:31 pm.
  • 426-022 6:30 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:30 pm to 6:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-081, March 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-081 (accessed October 1, 2026).