Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-120
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William E. Timmons
Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 2:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with William E. Timmons, the Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. The brief call serves primarily as a procedural step to facilitate a subsequent communication with Timmons. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief exchange.
- William E. Timmons
- White House operations
- Legislative affairs
- Communication procedure
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NARA Description
On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-120 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-120
Date: April 10, 1973
Time: 2:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 426-27A]
Call to William E. TimmonsAlso recorded on April 10, 1973
- 044-121 2:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:03 pm.
- 426-027 2:01 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:01 pm to 2:02 pm.
- 426-028 2:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:02 pm to 2:03 pm.
- 044-122 2:03 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 426-029 2:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 044-123 2:09 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 044-124 2:09 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 426-030 2:09 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:09 pm to 2:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-120, April 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-120 (accessed October 5, 2026).