Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-153
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Richard G. Kleindienst
Wednesday, May 2, 1973 · 8:52 PM–9:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. He specifically requested that the operator avoid disturbing Kleindienst if he was currently at dinner. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate an urgent communication between the President and the Attorney General.
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NARA Description
On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:52 pm and 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-153 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-153
Date: May 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:52 pm and 9:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for telephone call
-Richard G. KleindienstAlso recorded on May 3, 1973
- 045-150 8:50 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 045-151 8:51 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 8:51 pm to 8:52 pm.
- 045-152 8:52 PM · 18 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:52 pm and 9:03 pm.
- 045-154 9:03 PM · 21 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 9:03 pm.
- 045-155 9:08 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 9:08 pm to 9:10 pm.
- 911-001 8:27 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:27 am to 8:50 am.
- 911-002 8:51 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:51 am to 9:09 am.
- 911-003 9:09 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:11 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-153, May 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-153 (accessed October 5, 2026).