Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 397 › Conversation 397-004

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

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 9:34 AM–9:35 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation397-004 on Tape 397StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 9:34 AMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 9:35 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 397-004 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. Due to the lack of available transcripts or descriptive logs, the specific subject matter and objectives of this meeting remain unknown. The interaction concluded within a single minute, offering no record of decisions or substantive developments.

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On January 19, 1973, 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 9:34 am and 9:35 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 397-4

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:34 am and 9:35 am
Location: Executive Office Building
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 397-4 (cont’d)

The President met with an unknown person.

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:35 am.
  • 397-001 8:38 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:38 am to 8:43 am.
  • 036-001 9:32 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:32 am.
  • 397-002 9:32 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:32 am.
  • 036-002 9:33 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:33 am to 9:34 am.
  • 397-003 9:33 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:33 am to 9:34 am.
  • 397-005 9:35 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:35 am to 10:55 am.
  • 397-006 10:55 AM · 15 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 10:55 am and 11:07 am.
  • 397-007 10:55 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:25 am.

Conversation 397-004, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/397-004 (accessed October 11, 2026).