Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-052

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on George P. Shultz

Tuesday, May 15, 1973 · 12:24 PM–1:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation046-052 on Tape 46StartTuesday, May 15, 1973 at 12:24 PMEndTuesday, May 15, 1973 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-052 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. The conversation consisted solely of this administrative request to initiate contact. This brief exchange served as a precursor to a substantive discussion between the President and the Secretary.

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Please.

Secretary Schultz, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 1:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-052 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 46-52

Date: May 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:24 pm and 1:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 918-26]

     Telephone call to George P. Shultz
                                             -31-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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918-022 12:21 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:24 pm.
918-023 12:21 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:24 pm.
918-024 12:21 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:24 pm.
918-025 12:24 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 1:00 pm.
918-026 12:24 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 1:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 046-052, May 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-052 (accessed October 1, 2026).