Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-089

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House administration

Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 9:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-089 on Tape 44StartThursday, March 29, 1973 at 9:51 PMEndThursday, March 29, 1973 at 9:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-089 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to coordinate administrative logistics after experiencing a malfunctioning buzzer system. He requested that his valet, Manolo Sanchez, be summoned to the Lincoln Sitting Room for a meeting. Additionally, the President issued a directive for H. R. Haldeman to return his phone call.

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Please.
Would you ask Mandela?
Our buzzer is out.
We ask him to come to Lincoln's sitting room, please.
All right, sir.
And ask Mr. Holloman to call me, please.
All right, sir.

NARA Description

On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-089 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-089

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: 9:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Meeting with Manolo Sanchez

       Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Also recorded on March 30, 1973

  • 044-087 9:41 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:41 pm and 9:49 pm.
  • 424-020 9:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:45 pm and 9:55 pm.
  • 044-088 9:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:49 pm and 9:50 pm.
  • 044-090 9:51 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at 9:51 pm.
  • 424-021 9:55 PM · 18 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 9:55 pm and 10:43 pm.
  • 424-022 9:55 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:55 pm and 10:43 pm.
  • 424-023 9:55 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:55 pm and 10:43 pm.
  • 424-024 9:55 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 9:55 pm and 10:43 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-089, March 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-089 (accessed October 1, 2026).