Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-107
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham
Monday, April 9, 1973 · 12:01 PM–12:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to Billy Graham through the White House operator. The primary purpose of the brief interaction is to facilitate communication between the President and the prominent evangelist. No further substantive discussion occurs during this operator-assisted connection.
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NARA Description
On April 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-107 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-107
Date: April 9, 1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Time: Unknown between 12:01 pm and 12:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 425-32]
Call to William F. (“Billy”) GrahamAlso recorded on April 9, 1973
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- 425-031 12:01 PM · 10 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 12:01 pm and 12:07 pm.
- 044-108 12:07 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:07 pm.
- 044-109 12:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 425-032 12:07 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 12:07 pm.
- 425-033 12:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:11 pm to 12:13 pm.
- 044-110 12:13 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 1:25 pm.
- 425-034 12:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 1:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-107, April 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-107 (accessed October 5, 2026).