President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., who was serving as White House Counsel at the time. This brief interaction served solely to facilitate official communication between the President and his legal advisor. No further substantive details regarding the purpose or outcome of the subsequent discussion were recorded in this initial connection request.
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-042 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 40-42 Date: June 12, 1973 Time: Unknown between 9:30 pm and 9:37 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 444-25] Request for telephone call -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.