Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-156

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Thursday, May 3, 1973 · 10:12 AM–10:13 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-156 on Tape 45StartThursday, May 3, 1973 at 10:12 AMEndThursday, May 3, 1973 at 10:13 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-156 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The communication serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct contact between the President and his Secretary of State. No further substantive policy matters are addressed during this short exchange.

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Secretary Rogers, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:12 am and 10:13 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-156 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-156

Date: May 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:12 am and 10:13 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 911-10]

     Request for telephone call
          -William P. Rogers

Also recorded on May 3, 1973

911-010 10:12 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:12 am and 10:13 am.
045-157 10:13 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 10:13 am to 10:21 am.
911-011 10:13 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:13 am to 10:21 am.
911-012 10:21 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:30 am.
911-013 10:21 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:30 am.
911-014 10:21 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:30 am.
911-015 10:21 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:30 am.
911-016 10:30 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:30 am to 11:01 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-156, 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/045-156 (accessed October 5, 2026).