Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 393 › Conversation 393-013
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications
Thursday, January 4, 1973 · 5:15 PM–5:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to connect the President with an intended recipient. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 393-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 393-13 Date: January 4, 1973 Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:16 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 35-87]
Also recorded on January 4, 1973
- 035-086 2:54 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 2:55 pm.
- 393-010 2:54 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 2:55 pm.
- 393-011 3:02 PM · 2 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 5:15 pm.
- 035-087 5:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 393-012 5:15 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 393-014 5:16 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 5:50 pm.
- 035-088 5:17 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:17 pm to 5:18 pm.
- 035-089 5:52 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:52 pm and 8:13 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 393-013, January 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/393-013 (accessed October 2, 2026).