Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 396 › Conversation 396-006
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications
Friday, January 12, 1973 · 11:50 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This recording serves as a routine logistical exchange typical of White House communications operations during the period. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments are recorded in this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On January 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:50 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 396-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 396-6
Date: January 12, 1973
Time: 11:50 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 35-109]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on January 12, 1973
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- 396-003 11:25 AM · 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 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
- 396-004 11:25 AM · 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 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
- 396-005 11:25 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:49 am.
- 035-153 11:43 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:49 am.
- 035-109 11:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:50 am.
- 396-007 11:55 AM · 2 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:55 am to 1:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 396-006, January 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/396-006 (accessed October 11, 2026).