Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 402 › Conversation 402-010
Nixon White House recording on President Nixon and White House maintenance
Sunday, January 21, 1973 · 5:43 PM–7:56 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with unidentified individuals in his Old Executive Office Building suite to address technical issues regarding the office's dictation equipment. The discussion focused on coordinating the necessary repairs for the machine, which was located within the President's workspace. Following the inspection and maintenance efforts, the unidentified participants concluded their business and departed the office.
- President Nixon
- White House maintenance
- dictation equipment
- OEOB
- White House taping system
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 5:43 pm on January 21, 1973 and 7:56 am on January 22, 1973. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 402-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 402-10
Date: January 21 or 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:43 pm, January 21 and 7:56 am, January 22, 1973
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 402-17 (cont’d)
Location: Executive Office Building
Unknown people met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/25/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[402-010-w001]
[Duration: 28s]
President’s location
Dictation machine
-Repair
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The unknown men left at an unknown time before 7:56 am, January 22, 1973.Also recorded on January 21, 1973
- 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.
- 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.
- 402-009 5:33 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 5:33 pm and 5:43 pm.
- 402-011 5:43 PM · 38 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 5:43 pm on January 21, 1973 and 7:56 am on January 22, 1973.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 402-010, 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/402-010 (accessed October 1, 2026).