Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-016
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard G. Kleindienst
Thursday, April 26, 1973 · 6:17 PM–6:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
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 logistical request to initiate a direct line of communication with the Attorney General. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On April 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and 6:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-16
Date: April 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:17 pm and 6:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked to the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 431-9H]
Request for telephone call
-Richard G. KleindienstAlso recorded on April 26, 1973
- 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.
- 045-017 6:17 PM · 18 sec — John D. Ehrlichman and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and 6:20 pm.
- 045-018 6:20 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 6:20 pm to 6:24 pm.
- 045-019 6:37 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:37 pm and 6:49 pm.
- 045-020 6:49 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 6:49 pm to 6:50 pm.
- 045-021 6:50 PM · 4 min — John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-016, 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/045-016 (accessed October 5, 2026).