Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-012

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

Thursday, April 26, 1973 · 4:51 PM–5:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-012 on Tape 45StartThursday, April 26, 1973 at 4:51 PMEndThursday, April 26, 1973 at 5:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate this specific high-level communication. No substantive policy matters or further developments were addressed during this brief call-routing process.

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Very safe.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 5:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-12

Date: April 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:51 pm and 5:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 431-9D]

     Request for telephone call
          -Richard G. Kleindienst
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on April 26, 1973

  • 045-009 3:52 PM · 13 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:52 pm to 3:54 pm.
  • 431-008 3:52 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:52 pm to 3:54 pm.
  • 045-010 3:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:50 pm.
  • 431-009 3:59 PM · 4 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Richard G. Kleindienst, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry E. Petersen, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:59 pm to 9:03 pm.
  • 045-011 4:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 4:50 pm to 4:51 pm.
  • 045-013 5:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 5:53 pm to 5:55 pm.
  • 045-014 5:55 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 045-015 5:56 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 5:56 pm to 6:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-012, 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/045-012 (accessed October 5, 2026).