Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 404 › Conversation 404-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 1:39 PM–1:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation404-014 on Tape 404StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 1:39 PMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 1:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 404-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a connection. The discussion was limited to routine telecommunications logistics and contained no substantive policy deliberations or political developments. The exchange served exclusively as a functional transition for the President to reach another party.

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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 1:39 pm to 1:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 404-14

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 1:39 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked to the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 36-80]

[There is no Conversation No. 404-15]

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

  • 036-080 1:35 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:39 pm.
  • 404-011 1:35 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), White House operator, and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:39 pm.
  • 404-012 1:35 PM · 20 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 1:35 pm and 1:39 pm.
  • 404-013 1:35 PM · 16 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 1:35 pm and 1:39 pm.
  • 036-081 1:39 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:39 pm to 1:40 pm.
  • 036-082 1:40 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 404-016 1:40 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 036-083 1:43 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:43 pm to 1:46 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 404-014, 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/404-014 (accessed October 9, 2026).