Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-002
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Leslie C. Arends
Thursday, May 24, 1973 · 1:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Representative Leslie C. Arends. The conversation serves solely as an administrative coordination to connect the President with the House Minority Whip. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this brief exchange.
- Leslie C. Arends
- White House switchboard
- legislative relations
- communications coordination
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NARA Description
On May 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-2
Date: May 24, 1973
Time: 1:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 440-36]
Request for telephone call to Leslie C. ArendsAlso recorded on May 24, 1973
- 039-003 1:34 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm.
- 440-036 1:34 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:34 pm.
- 440-037 1:34 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 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm.
- 039-004 1:36 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott talked on the telephone from 1:36 pm to 1:38 pm.
- 440-038 1:36 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hugh Scott met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:36 pm to 1:38 pm.
- 039-005 1:39 PM · 2 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Leslie C. Arends talked on the telephone from 1:39 pm to 1:40 pm.
- 440-039 1:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:39 pm to 1:40 pm.
- 039-006 1:40 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 4:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-002, May 24, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).