Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-026

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Lawrence M. Higby

Monday, May 14, 1973 · 11:59 AM–12:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation046-026 on Tape 46StartMonday, May 14, 1973 at 11:59 AMEndMonday, May 14, 1973 at 12:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-026 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Lawrence M. Higby. This interaction served as an administrative request to connect the President with a member of his staff. The conversation concluded once the operator initiated the connection to Higby.

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Yes, please.
Larry Higley, please.
Yes.

NARA Description

On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 46-26

Date: May 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 917-23]

     Telephone call to Lawrence M. Higby

Also recorded on May 14, 1973

  • 917-019 11:40 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:40 am to 11:42 am.
  • 917-020 11:42 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 11:59 am.
  • 917-021 11:59 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:59 am.
  • 917-022 11:59 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm.
  • 917-023 11:59 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:03 pm.
  • 046-027 12:03 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm.
  • 917-024 12:03 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:04 pm.
  • 917-025 12:04 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Vera Clemente, William S. Moorhead, Hugh Scott, Richard S. Schweiker, Jaime Benitez, Willie Stargell, Manny Sanguillen, Orlando Zabala, Kenneth Davis, Paul Nieves, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 046-026, May 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-026 (accessed October 1, 2026).