Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-099

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hobart D. Lewis

Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 5:44 PM–5:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-099 on Tape 45StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 5:44 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 5:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-099 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Hobart D. “Hobe” Lewis. The exchange served exclusively as a procedural request to initiate this communication with Lewis. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during this brief connection.

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Robert Lewis, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-099 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-99

Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 433-34]

     Request for telephone call
          -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
                                             -67-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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045-098 5:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:44 pm.
433-033 5:43 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:43 pm to 5:44 pm.
045-100 5:44 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm.
433-034 5:44 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm.
433-035 5:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm.
433-036 5:44 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-099, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-099 (accessed October 5, 2026).