Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 394 › Conversation 394-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Monday, January 8, 1973 · 3:00 PM–3:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation394-015 on Tape 394StartMonday, January 8, 1973 at 3:00 PMEndMonday, January 8, 1973 at 3:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 394-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction was brief and functional, serving only to connect the President to another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On January 8, 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 3:00 pm and 3:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 394-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 394-15

Date: January 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:00 pm and 3:04 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 35-98]

Also recorded on January 8, 1973

  • 035-155 2:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 394-014 2:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 035-098 3:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 035-099 3:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:04 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 394-016 3:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 394-017 3:11 PM · 10 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 3:11 pm and 3:26 pm.
  • 394-018 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:26 pm to 3:28 pm.
  • 394-019 3:29 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Helen A. Thomas, Frances Lewine, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 4:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 394-015, January 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/394-015 (accessed October 11, 2026).