Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-137

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham

Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 4:45 PM–5:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-137 on Tape 44StartTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 4:45 PMEndTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 5:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-137 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructs the White House operator to place a follow-up telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham. The exchange serves as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and Graham. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short interaction, as it is limited to the mechanics of connecting the call.

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You can try that call to Dr. Graham again now if you want.

I will.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-137 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-137

Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 5:59 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.

       Call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham

Also recorded on April 10, 1973

892-017 4:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 4:45 pm.
044-138 4:45 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm.
426-042 4:45 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel L. Devine, unknown person(s), and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm.
426-043 4:58 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 an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:59 pm.
426-044 5:00 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm.
426-045 5:00 PM · 18 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 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm.
426-046 5:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm.
426-047 5:00 PM · 14 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 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-137, 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/044-137 (accessed October 5, 2026).