Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 400 › Conversation 400-007

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Vietnam settlement and Inauguration

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 3:15 PM–3:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation400-007 on Tape 400StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 3:15 PMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 3:39 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 400-007 ↗

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President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his files to document various administrative and political matters following his second inauguration. The recording covers preparations for a speech on the Vietnam settlement, reflections on the public reception of his inaugural address, and updates regarding White House staff and press relations. Additionally, the President noted recent engagements with officials, including Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, and touched upon developments regarding Henry Kissinger’s schedule and international reactions to the Vietnam peace efforts.

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Mr. Mayor, I have to provide all the information you need.
I have to go through Ken, and he will be on Sunday.
I'm waiting for the 4 o'clock draft money price.
I'm so excited for Ken.
He dropped the phone a few minutes ago.
I discussed the possibility of putting on the nesters, which will be in several days.
They have never had a problem.
I don't believe it was worth it.
I think a little bit of my right eye is in the right place.
The pressure is a little bit on paper.
I was trying to find nutrition.
It's all in the dog's department.
The dog is not holding back.
He's doing a good collection of life.
It's a fair kind of day.
Like you do sometimes when you don't have the dishes, you don't have to manage your house.
She wrote about a certain morning at 12 o'clock.
I don't know if you've heard of it.
I don't think it's much longer.
Uh, reaction is true.
It's a huge reaction.
I mean, it's a huge reaction.
I mean, it's a huge reaction.
It's a huge reaction.
Uh, he, uh, however it happened, uh, we were in the Southern Chester, Washington, and, uh, uh, he was put, uh, put into a family situation where he was, uh, which, uh, their job, although it's a family situation, was much more than the last time that he was put into that situation.
I'd like to thank you for your time and your hard work.
Thank you all for your time.
I'm going to start the video now.
It's a question of some sort, like, why, uh, why does that story just have to come up?
That's great.
I mean, I'm very, very important to the country tonight.
I mean, we can't, you know, it's a pretty similar thing.
Also, I've never, I've never, I've never seen that on television before.
And, uh, I don't know what it looks like.
uh... uh... uh...
I didn't have a chance to meet with the other girl, she was so bad.
And I really didn't want to talk to her.
I just didn't want to give her any hope.
The nurse was all over me, and I just didn't want to talk to her.
But I had to call her to make sure that that was just the right thing to do.
children, they were delighted to have my children out there, and I wanted to do it as well.
My interesting side-life was on the one side of the border, and I was talking to Julia, and she made a great impression, and she was all over the place, and I was talking to my mother, and she consented that I had someone better to do the interaction, I was talking to my mother, and she was, I don't know, I don't even know how she came up with it, but she came up with it quickly.
And you watch that always, you know, they're not doing that, you know, they're not, you know, it's not a matter of, you know, I started with that, you know, but they're actually taking a turn.
On the other hand, they're taking on something, you know, they're not doing that.
all of a sudden, you know, we heard, uh, Tom and, uh, some of them, I don't know, some of them, uh, they were, uh, they were kind of, you know, and that's where, you know, some of them went to, uh, Charlie White and I, and, uh, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know,
and I pushed the spanner behind him and I hit him on the head.
The isolation line.
Harry had been out last night.
I went to meet with Bruce.
I don't know where he is.
In fact, he's in the middle of it.
I don't know where he is.
In fact, he's in the middle of it.
I don't know if you can pull it off, but it's a good one, I can assure you.
It's going to be a hard mission.
And we're going to be honest with you, we're going to finish up those signs and we're going to finish it up.
First, I'm going to be honest with you, we are not going to run through it.
We're going to come back to it, and we're going to get with it.
We're going to get with it.
We're going to get with it.
We're going to get with it.
We're going to get with it.
uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh...
... ... ... ... ...
Most respectable hour of the day for this one.
After that, next time around.

NARA Description

On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 400-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 400-7

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:39 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
            -Draft
            -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
            -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                  -Telephone call
                  -Speech on domestic policy
                         -Postponement
            -John D. Ehrlichman [?]
            -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

       Press Conference

       The President’s Inaugural speech
            -Reactions
                  -Elevator man
                  -Compared to 1969 Inaugural speech
                  -Terms

       Press relations [?]
             -Haldeman
                    -Conversation with President
             -1973 Inauguration [?]
             -Congress
             -Reception

       The President’s meeting with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
            -Handshake
            -Tone
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                         Conversation No. 400-7 (cont’d)

             -Military

       Call from Julie Nixon Eisenhower
             -Press relations
             -White House staff [?]

       Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule
            -Outing
                  -George S. McGovern
                  -Friends

       Vietnam settlement
            -People’s Republic of China [PRC]
                  -Response
                  -North Vietnam

       Haldeman

       Republicans [?]

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Also recorded on January 22, 1973

  • 400-004 2:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 2:55 pm.
  • 400-005 2:55 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:55 pm and 3:39 pm.
  • 400-006 2:55 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:55 pm and 3:39 pm.
  • 036-041 3:39 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:39 pm.
  • 400-008 3:39 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:39 pm.
  • 400-009 3:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:39 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 400-010 3:39 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:39 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 400-011 3:40 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Raymond K. Price, Jr., White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 4:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 400-007, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/400-007 (accessed October 11, 2026).