Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-033

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

Friday, April 27, 1973 · 3:48 PM–4:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-033 on Tape 45StartFriday, April 27, 1973 at 3:48 PMEndFriday, April 27, 1973 at 4:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and the Attorney General. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief connection.

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Uh, find these, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-33

Date: April 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 4:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 906-8A]

     Request for telephone call
          -Richard G. Kleindienst
                                             -22-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on April 27, 1973

  • 906-007 3:46 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 906-008 3:48 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William D. Ruckelshaus, White House operator, John D. Ehrlichman, Richard G. Kleindienst, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:48 pm to 4:30 pm.
  • 045-034 4:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:16 pm.
  • 045-035 4:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 906-009 4:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 045-036 4:31 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 906-010 4:31 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 906-011 4:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-033, 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/045-033 (accessed October 5, 2026).