Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-131
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Joe D. Waggonner Jr.
Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 3:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Congressman Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for a planned communication between the President and the Representative. No substantive political or policy discussions occur during this brief exchange.
- Joe D. Waggonner Jr.
- Presidential communications
- White House operations
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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 044-131 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-131
Date: April 10, 1973
Time: 3:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 426-37]
Call to Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.Also 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.
- 044-130 3:33 PM · 6 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 044-131, 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/044-131 (accessed October 5, 2026).