Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 937 › Conversation 937-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 9:18 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation937-004 on Tape 937StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 9:18 AMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 9:18 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 937-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical request for the operator to connect him with an unspecified party. No further policy or substantive discussion occurs during this short administrative interaction.

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Could you give me, uh, first row, please?

NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 937-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 937-4

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 9:18 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 40-23]

Also recorded on June 12, 1973

  • 937-002 8:35 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:44 am.
  • 040-022 8:44 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 8:44 am to 8:46 am.
  • 937-003 8:44 AM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 am to 9:18 am.
  • 040-023 9:18 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:18 am.
  • 040-024 9:19 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bryce N. Harlow, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:25 am.
  • 937-005 9:19 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bryce N. Harlow, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 10:00 am.
  • 937-006 10:00 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:03 am.
  • 937-007 10:00 AM · 10 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:03 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 937-004, June 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/937-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).