Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 402 › Conversation 402-011
Nixon White House recording on Dictation machine
Sunday, January 21, 1973 · 5:43 PM–7:56 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 38 sec
AI Summary
An unidentified individual met with President Nixon in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the maintenance of a dictation machine. The parties addressed the specific logistics of the device's repair, inspection, and delivery. No broader policy or political matters were recorded during this brief technical administrative exchange.
- Dictation machine
- Office equipment maintenance
- Logistics
- Technical services
Audio
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 402-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 402-11
Date: January 21 or 22 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:43 pm, January 21 and 7:56 am January 22, 1973
Location: Executive Office Building
Unknown people met.
Dictation machine
-Repair
-Delivery
-Inspection
Unknown people left at an unknown time before 7:56 am, January 22, 1973.
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Conversation No. 402-17 (cont’d)Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 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.
- 402-010 5:43 PM · 15 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 402-011, January 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186863). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/402-011 (accessed November 15, 2026).