Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 402 › Conversation 402-015
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Memorandum and White House files
Monday, January 22, 1973 · 8:22 PM–8:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon dictates a memorandum for the files to record his thoughts following a previous discussion. The brief recording serves as a continuation of prior deliberations, documenting internal administrative or policy recollections. This dictated entry functions as an official record of the President's personal notes regarding ongoing White House matters.
- Presidential records
- Memorandum
- Administration
- White House files
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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 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 402-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 402-15
Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the files. This is a continuation of Conversation No.
402-13.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
Unknown man [?]
-Telephone conversation
-John [?] [surname unknown]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 402-17 (cont’d)Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 22, 1973
- 398-016 7:56 PM · 35 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 7:56 pm and 8:15 pm.
- 036-060 8:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:03 pm to 8:05 pm.
- 402-012 8:22 PM · 9 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 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm.
- 402-013 8:22 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm.
- 402-014 8:22 PM · 9 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 8:22 pm and 8:47 pm.
- 036-061 8:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:47 pm to 8:50 pm.
- 402-016 8:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:47 pm and 8:50 pm.
- 402-017 8:47 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:47 pm and 8:50 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 402-015, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186871). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/402-015 (accessed November 15, 2026).