Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-140

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 6:14 PM–6:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-140 on Tape 44StartTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 6:14 PMEndTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 6:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-140 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a telephone call through the White House operator to speak with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The exchange was limited to the logistical process of connecting the President to his daughter. No substantive political or policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.

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Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:14 pm and 6:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-140 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-140

Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:14 pm and 6:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 426-53]

       Call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on April 10, 1973

  • 044-139 5:59 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:59 pm to 6:09 pm.
  • 426-049 5:59 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:59 pm.
  • 426-051 6:09 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:09 pm to 6:14 pm.
  • 426-052 6:14 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:14 pm.
  • 426-053 6:14 PM · 10 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 6:14 pm and 6:17 pm.
  • 044-141 6:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 6:17 pm to 6:18 pm.
  • 426-054 6:17 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:17 pm to 6:18 pm.
  • 426-055 6:20 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:20 pm to 7:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-140, 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/044-140 (accessed October 5, 2026).