Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-068

Buzhardt & Parker on Henry E. Petersen and Watergate investigation

Tuesday, May 15, 1973 · 5:21 PM–5:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 23 sec

ParticipantsBuzhardt, J. Fred, Jr.; Parker, DougConversation046-068 on Tape 46StartTuesday, May 15, 1973 at 5:21 PMEndTuesday, May 15, 1973 at 5:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-068 ↗

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On May 15, 1973, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. and Doug Parker talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-068 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 46-68

Date: May 15, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:21 pm and 5:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked with Doug Parker.

[See also Conversation No. 435-40B]

     Parker’s contact with Henry E. Petersen

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Thank you.

Hello?

Yes, have you heard anything from Henry Green?

Henry Peterson yet?

Uh, no.

Okay.

Let me know if you will, please, sir.

I will.

Okay.

Very good.

Thank you.

I'm in the EOB office.

Right.

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046-067 5:21 PM · 14 sec — J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:45 pm.
046-069 5:21 PM · 52 sec — Doug Parker and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:45 pm.
046-070 6:45 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 6:57 pm.
046-071 6:57 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:57 pm to 7:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 046-068, 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/046-068 (accessed November 15, 2026).