Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 115 › Conversation 115-004

Nixon White House recording on White House maintenance and Cabinet Room

Friday, February 16, 1973 · 11:59 AM–10:00 AM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation115-004 on Tape 115StartFriday, February 16, 1973 at 11:59 AMEndTuesday, March 6, 1973 at 10:00 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 115-004 ↗

Maintenance staff convened in the Cabinet Room to address facility-related tasks or repairs. As no transcript exists and the interaction was brief, the session pertains exclusively to routine building operations rather than political or administrative business. The recording concludes with the personnel departing the room after completing their work.

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Unknown persons (likely maintenance) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 115-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 115-4

Date: Unknown between February 16 and March 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:59 am, February 16 and 10:00 am, March 6, 1973
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown men [maintenance] met

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The unknown men [maintenance] left at an unknown time before 10:00 am, March 6, 1973
  • 858-001 8:50 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 858-003 9:08 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:36 am.
  • 114-001 9:39 AM · 1 hr 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, George H. W. Bush, Bryce N. Harlow, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 9:39 am to 11:59 am.
  • 858-004 9:46 AM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, Sir Christopher Soames, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:46 am to 10:32 am.
  • 115-001 11:59 AM — Unknown persons [likely maintenance] met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
  • 115-002 11:59 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
  • 115-003 11:59 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
  • 858-005 11:59 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:07 pm.

Conversation 115-004, February 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/115-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).