Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-113

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on James Keogh

Monday, April 9, 1973 · 5:03 PM–6:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-113 on Tape 44StartMonday, April 9, 1973 at 5:03 PMEndMonday, April 9, 1973 at 6:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-113 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to James Keogh. The interaction served as a logistical step to initiate communication with Keogh. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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Let's see if I can get...
Please.
A keel, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 6:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-113 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-113

Date: April 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:03 pm and 6:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President conferred with an unknown person.

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 891-7A]

       Call to James Keogh

Also recorded on April 9, 1973

  • 891-005 4:39 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:39 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 891-006 4:39 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:39 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 891-007 5:03 PM · 1 hr 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Flynn, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, White House photographer, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and James Keogh met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:03 pm to 6:21 pm.
  • 044-114 6:13 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and James Keogh talked on the telephone from 6:13 pm to 6:15 pm.
  • 891-008 6:21 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:21 pm and 6:29 pm.
  • 891-009 6:21 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:21 pm and 6:29 pm.
  • 891-010 6:21 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:21 pm and 6:29 pm.
  • 891-012 6:21 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:21 pm and 6:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-113, 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/044-113 (accessed October 5, 2026).