Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-020
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John C. Stennis
Friday, May 25, 1973 · 10:10 AM–10:24 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to contact Senator John C. Stennis. The brief exchange serves as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with the Senator. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this specific call.
- John C. Stennis
- Communication logistics
- Executive-legislative relations
- Telephone coordination
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NARA Description
On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-20
Date: May 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:24 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 928-4]
Request for telephone call to John C. StennisAlso recorded on May 25, 1973
- 124-002 9:41 AM · 1 hr 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John B. Connally, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 11:59 pm.
- 928-001 9:41 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 9:50 am.
- 928-002 9:50 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:50 am to 10:10 am.
- 928-003 10:10 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
- 928-004 10:10 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
- 928-005 10:10 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
- 928-006 10:10 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:44 am.
- 039-021 10:26 AM · 12 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:26 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-020, May 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-020 (accessed September 21, 2026).