Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 300 › Conversation 300-040

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Congressional relations

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 4:24 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation300-040 on Tape 300 (tape position 02:15:49–02:16:28)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 4:24 PMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 4:24 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 300-040 ↗

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to a Congressman from Massachusetts. This brief exchange serves as an administrative request to facilitate legislative outreach or political communication. No further substantive discussion occurs during this interaction.

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Congressman of Massachusetts, please.

On November 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 300-040 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 300-040

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: 4:24 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 14-6]
  • 014-006 4:24 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:24 pm.
  • 014-007 4:24 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-041 4:24 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-042 4:24 PM · 13 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 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 300-043 4:24 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 4:24 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 014-008 4:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Silvio O. Conte talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 300-044 4:31 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Silvio O. Conte met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:31 pm to 4:32 pm.
  • 300-045 4:36 PM · 29 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 11:59 pm.

Conversation 300-040, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/300-040 (accessed September 30, 2026).