Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 401 › Conversation 401-017
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 1:05 PM–2:11 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a meeting in his Old Executive Office Building office with an unidentified individual. The nature of the discussion remains undocumented due to the transcript's lack of substantive content. No specific policy decisions or action items can be discerned from the available record of this brief engagement.
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NARA Description
On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 401-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 401-17
Date: January 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person.
Delivery
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:11 pm.Also recorded on January 11, 1973
- 838-022 1:04 PM · 26 sec — unknown person(s) and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 035-133 1:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 401-018 1:05 PM · 13 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 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 401-019 1:05 PM · 9 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 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 401-020 1:05 PM · 10 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 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 401-021 1:05 PM · 12 sec — 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 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 401-032 1:05 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 401-033 1:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 401-017, January 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/401-017 (accessed September 18, 2026).