Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-031

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman

Thursday, April 26, 1973 · 10:02 PM–10:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-031 on Tape 45StartThursday, April 26, 1973 at 10:02 PMEndThursday, April 26, 1973 at 10:07 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-031 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during the connection.

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Try Mr. Hall one for me, 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 10:02 pm and 10:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-031 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-31

Date: April 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:02 pm and 10:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for telephone call
          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                                             -21-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on April 27, 1973

  • 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.
  • 045-026 7:14 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:14 pm and 7:44 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.
  • 045-032 10:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:07 pm to 10:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-031, 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/045-031 (accessed October 5, 2026).