Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-161
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on telecommunications
Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 9:00 AM–9:06 AM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a telephone call through the White House operator to facilitate an administrative connection. The brief exchange serves as the recorded opening of a longer telephonic interaction later merged with subsequent archival files. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions were captured during this initial operator-assisted segment.
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NARA Description
On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-161 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-161
Date: March 29, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:06 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 044-161, which has been merged with
conversation 044-063.]
Telephone call [?]Also recorded on March 29, 1973
- 044-062 8:55 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 am and 9:00 am.
- 424-014 8:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:55 am to 8:56 am.
- 044-063 9:00 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:00 am.
- 044-064 9:00 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:06 am.
- 424-015 9:00 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:00 am.
- 424-016 9:00 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:00 am.
- 044-065 9:06 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:06 am and 9:08 am.
- 424-017 9:06 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:06 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-161, March 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-161 (accessed October 5, 2026).