Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 405 › Conversation 405-008

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential memorandum and Dictation

Thursday, January 25, 1973 · 9:01 AM–9:03 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation405-008 on Tape 405StartThursday, January 25, 1973 at 9:01 AMEndThursday, January 25, 1973 at 9:03 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 405-008 ↗

President Nixon utilized a brief session in his Executive Office Building suite to dictate a memorandum. The recording captures the President engaged in the formal process of documenting official correspondence or instructions. No other participants were involved in the brief dictation.

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On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 9:03 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 405-008 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 405-8

Date: January 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:01 am and 9:05 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum.

       Memorandum [?]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 405-009 9:05 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:05 am to 9:34 am.

Conversation 405-008, 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/405-008 (accessed October 6, 2026).