Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-130
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham and Communication
Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 3:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with evangelist Billy Graham. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate a conversation between the President and the prominent religious leader. No further substantive discussion occurs during this administrative request.
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NARA Description
On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-130 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-130
Date: April 10, 1973
Time: 3:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 426-36]
Call to William F. (“Billy”) GrahamAlso recorded on April 10, 1973
- 044-128 3:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:25 pm.
- 044-129 3:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 426-035 3:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:26 pm to 3:30 pm.
- 044-131 3:33 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:33 pm.
- 044-132 3:33 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
- 426-036 3:33 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:33 pm.
- 426-037 3:33 PM · 12 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 3:33 pm and 3:34 pm.
- 426-038 3:34 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:34 pm to 3:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-130, 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/044-130 (accessed October 5, 2026).