Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 393 › Conversation 393-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on administrative…

Thursday, January 4, 1973 · 1:48 PM–2:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation393-008 on Tape 393StartThursday, January 4, 1973 at 1:48 PMEndThursday, January 4, 1973 at 2:54 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 393-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish a communication link with an unspecified third party. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.

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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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 393-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 393-8

Date: January 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 393-8 (cont’d)

[See Conversation No. 35-85]

Also recorded on January 4, 1973

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  • 833-022 1:46 PM · 36 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:46 pm on January 4, 1973 and 10:11 am on January 5, 1973.
  • 035-085 1:48 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-004 1:48 PM · 7 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-005 1:48 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-006 1:48 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-007 1:48 PM · 14 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-009 1:48 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 393-008, 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/393-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).