Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-026
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard G. Kleindienst
Thursday, April 26, 1973 · 7:14 PM–7:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to initiate contact with the Attorney General. No further substantive discussion occurred during this specific 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 7:14 pm and 7:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-26
Date: April 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:14 pm and 7:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator
[See also Conversation 431-9Q]
Request for telephone call
-Richard G. KleindienstAlso recorded on April 27, 1973
- 045-023 7:08 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 7:08 pm to 7:09 pm.
- 045-024 7:08 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:08 pm and 7:12 pm.
- 045-025 7:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:14 pm.
- 045-027 7:44 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard G. Kleindienst, and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 7:44 pm to 8:02 pm.
- 431-010 9:03 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:03 pm and 9:47 pm.
- 045-028 9:47 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:47 pm and 9:57 pm.
- 045-029 9:57 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:57 pm to 9:59 pm.
- 045-030 10:02 PM · 15 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-026, April 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-026 (accessed October 5, 2026).