President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. This interaction serves as the preliminary step for the President to facilitate a direct conversation with the official managing the Watergate investigation. The call concludes immediately after the request for the connection is made.
On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:17 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-134 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 38-134 Date: April 25, 1973 Time: Unknown between 8:10 am and 8:17 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 904-2] Telephone call to Henry E. Petersen -76- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. January-2011)
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