Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-112

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Leonard Garment

Monday, April 9, 1973 · 2:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-112 on Tape 44StartMonday, April 9, 1973 at 2:39 PMEndMonday, April 9, 1973 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-112 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Leonard Garment and request his immediate presence at the Oval Office. This brief directive served as a scheduling order to facilitate a high-level consultation with one of his legal counsels. The conversation reflects the administrative process Nixon utilized to manage his inner circle during a period of heightened internal pressure.

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You ask Mr. Garment to come to the OB office, please.

NARA Description

On April 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-112 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-112

Date: April 9, 1973
Time: 2:39 pm

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

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 425-44A]

       Request for Leonard Garment

Also recorded on April 9, 1973

  • 425-039 1:25 PM · 17 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 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 425-040 1:25 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 425-041 1:25 PM · 9 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 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 425-042 1:25 PM · 9 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 1:25 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 425-044 2:05 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Leonard Garment, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:05 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 891-002 3:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:03 pm.
  • 891-003 3:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:31 pm.
  • 891-004 3:31 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, James B. Stockdale, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:31 pm to 4:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-112, 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/044-112 (accessed October 5, 2026).