Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-194

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William E. Timmons

Thursday, May 10, 1973 · 3:26 PM–3:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-194 on Tape 45StartThursday, May 10, 1973 at 3:26 PMEndThursday, May 10, 1973 at 3:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-194 ↗

A 14-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On May 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-194 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 45-194

Date: May 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 435-18]

     Request for telephone call
          -William E. Timmons

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 045-193 3:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:24 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 435-016 3:24 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:24 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 435-017 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 435-018 3:26 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 045-195 3:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 3:30 pm to 3:32 pm.
  • 435-019 3:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:32 pm.
  • 045-196 3:34 PM · 1 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:34 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 435-020 3:34 PM · 1 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:34 pm to 3:35 pm.

Conversation 045-194, May 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-194 (accessed November 15, 2026).