Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 404 › Conversation 404-004
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…
Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 9:14 AM–9:15 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the White House operator to facilitate an administrative connection. This interaction functioned as a routine logistical step to establish communication for subsequent official business. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this one-minute exchange.
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NARA Description
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:14 am to 9:15 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 404-4 Date: January 23, 1973 Time: 9:14 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 36-66]
Also recorded on January 23, 1973
- 036-063 8:55 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William S. White talked on the telephone from 8:55 am to 9:03 am.
- 404-001 8:55 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. White met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:55 am to 9:03 am.
- 036-064 9:03 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:10 am.
- 404-002 9:03 AM · 11 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 9:03 am and 9:10 am.
- 036-065 9:10 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 9:10 am to 9:14 am.
- 036-067 9:14 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:14 am to 9:15 am.
- 404-003 9:14 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:14 am.
- 404-005 9:29 AM · 34 sec — 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 9:29 am and 11:55 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 404-004, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/404-004 (accessed October 9, 2026).