Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 403 › Conversation 403-035
Nixon White House recording on White House Tapes and Executive Office Building
Wednesday, January 31, 1973 · 2:40 PM–1:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures an unidentified meeting held in the President's Old Executive Office Building suite. Due to the lack of content in the transcript, the specific participants and the nature of their discussion remain unknown to researchers. The tape provides no evidence of policy deliberations, administrative decisions, or substantive dialogue.
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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 2:40 pm on January 31, 1973 and 1:40 pm on February 1, 1973. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 403-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 403-35
Date: January 31 or February 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:40 pm, January 31, and 1:40 pm, February 1, 1973
Location: Executive Office Building
Unknown people met.
President’s location
Conversation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 403-35 (cont’d)
Unknown people left at an unknown time before 1:40 pm, February 1, 1973.Also recorded on January 31, 1973
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- 845-003 2:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 845-004 2:50 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:50 pm to 3:10 pm.
- 043-013 2:57 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:57 pm.
- 845-005 3:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:10 pm.
- 845-006 3:10 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Eisaku Sato, Nobuhiko Ushiba, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Tatsuo Arima, James J. Wickel, Henry A. Kissinger, Toshio Kimura, Sadanori Yamanaka, Minoru Kusuda, and Ryohei Murato met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:10 pm to 4:05 pm.
- 845-007 4:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:05 pm.
- 845-008 4:10 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David R. Young, Jr., George H. W. Bush, William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, Stephen B. Bull, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Ted Stevens met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 403-035, January 31, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/403-035 (accessed October 1, 2026).