Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-115
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Hugh Scott
Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 7:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Hugh Scott. The request served as a brief administrative interaction to facilitate communication with the Republican leader. No substantive policy discussions or policy developments occurred during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-115 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-115
Date: May 1, 1973
Time: 7:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 433-55]
Request for telephone call
-Hugh ScottAlso recorded on May 1, 1973
- 045-116 7:15 PM · 18 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 045-117 7:15 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 045-118 7:15 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 433-056 7:15 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William J. Baroody, Jr., and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 433-057 7:15 PM · 10 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 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 433-058 7:15 PM · 11 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 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm.
- 045-119 7:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 7:19 pm to 7:22 pm.
- 433-059 7:19 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:19 pm to 7:22 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-115, 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/045-115 (accessed October 5, 2026).