Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 400 › Conversation 400-012
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator
Monday, January 22, 1973 · 4:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with a desired party. No substantive policy matters or further developments were recorded during this brief technical exchange.
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NARA Description
On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 400-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 400-12
Date: January 22, 1973
Time: 4:51 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 36-47]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on January 22, 1973
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- 036-044 4:13 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:13 pm to 4:14 pm.
- 036-045 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:14 pm.
- 036-046 4:15 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:15 pm to 4:16 pm.
- 036-047 4:51 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:51 pm.
- 400-013 4:51 PM · 18 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 4:51 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 400-014 5:00 PM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Walter R. Tkach, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 400-012, 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/400-012 (accessed October 11, 2026).