Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard G. Kleindienst

Thursday, April 26, 1973 · 12:11 PM–12:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-001 on Tape 45StartThursday, April 26, 1973 at 12:11 PMEndThursday, April 26, 1973 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief administrative interaction serves as the initiation of a communication between the President and his top law enforcement official. The conversation is limited to this specific request for connectivity.

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Attorney General, clean these, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-1

Date: April 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 905-13]

     Request for telephone call
          -Richard G. Kleindienst

Also recorded on April 26, 1973

  • 045-002 12:11 PM · 15 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm.
  • 905-013 12:11 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm.
  • 905-014 12:11 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm.
  • 905-015 12:11 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm.
  • 905-016 12:11 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:16 pm.
  • 045-003 12:16 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 12:16 pm to 12:21 pm.
  • 905-017 12:16 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 045-004 12:21 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-001, April 26, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-001 (accessed October 5, 2026).