Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 402 › Conversation 402-003
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive office…
Sunday, January 21, 1973 · 4:54 PM–5:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual to discuss matters pertaining to the President's schedule. The interaction concluded within six minutes, providing no further substantive details regarding policy or administration objectives. Due to the limited audio record and the anonymity of the participant, the specific purpose and outcome of the discussion remain undocumented.
- Presidential scheduling
- White House operations
- Executive office meetings
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NARA Description
On January 21, 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 4:54 pm and 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 402-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 402-3
Date: January 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:54 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
President's schedule [?]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:00 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 402-17 (cont’d)Also recorded on January 21, 1973
- 402-002 4:54 PM · 18 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 4:54 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 402-004 5:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:02 pm.
- 402-005 5:00 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 402-006 5:00 PM · 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 5:00 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 036-034 5:02 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 036-035 5:22 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:22 pm to 5:29 pm.
- 402-007 5:22 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:22 pm to 5:29 pm.
- 402-008 5:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 5:43 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 402-003, January 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/402-003 (accessed October 1, 2026).