Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 333 › Conversation 333-040

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Wednesday, April 26, 1972 · 7:10 PM–7:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation333-040 onTape 333 (tape position 04:32:08–04:33:14)StartWednesday, April 26, 1972 at 7:10 PMEndWednesday, April 26, 1972 at 7:37 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 333-040 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused on establishing a connection with a specific individual, though the target of the call remained unidentified in the available transcript. The conversation serves primarily as a procedural interaction to manage the President's telecommunications.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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I guess, uh, yeah, finding and finding one other reason to call it that.

NARA Description

On April 26, 1972, 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 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 333-040 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 333-40

Date: April 26, 1972

Time: Unknown between 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

       [See Conversation No 23-91]

Also recorded on April 27, 1972

  • 023-090 7:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:07 pm to 7:10 pm.
  • 333-038 7:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:07 pm to 7:10 pm.
  • 023-091 7:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 333-039 7:10 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 023-092 7:37 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:37 pm.
  • 023-093 7:37 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:37 pm and 8:20 pm.
  • 333-041 7:37 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:37 pm.
  • 333-042 7:37 PM · 10 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 7:37 pm and 8:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 333-040, April 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/333-040 (accessed September 18, 2026).