Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 405 › Conversation 405-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings

Thursday, January 25, 1973 · 7:54 AM–8:38 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation405-003 on Tape 405StartThursday, January 25, 1973 at 7:54 AMEndThursday, January 25, 1973 at 8:38 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 405-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, early-morning meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation is largely unintelligible, containing cryptic references to the "strength and power of the sea," and yields no clear substantive policy discussion or actionable directives. Consequently, the meeting remains a fragment of the taping system with no discernable historical or political outcome.

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This is the source of the will of the sea.

This is the source of the strength and the power of the sea.

NARA Description

On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 405-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 405-3

Date: January 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:54 am and 8:38 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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                   Rose Mary Woods
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 405-3 (cont’d)

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:38 am.

Also recorded on January 25, 1973

036-110 7:54 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
405-001 7:54 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
405-002 7:54 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
405-004 7:54 AM · 8 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 7:54 am and 8:38 am.
036-111 8:38 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:38 am to 8:39 am.
405-005 8:38 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:38 am to 8:39 am.
405-006 8:39 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:39 am and 9:01 am.
405-007 9:01 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:01 am to 9:03 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 405-003, January 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/405-003 (accessed October 9, 2026).