Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 406 › Conversation 406-025

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative logistics

Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 6:45 PM–6:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation406-025 on Tape 406StartTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 6:45 PMEndTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 6:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 406-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator while located in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording consists only of a valediction, indicating the conclusion of a communication session. No substantive policy discussions or decision-making processes occurred during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On January 30, 1973, 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 6:45 pm and 6:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 406-25

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 6:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 36-119]

Also recorded on January 30, 1973

  • 406-023 6:45 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 6:45 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 406-024 6:45 PM · 7 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 6:45 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 036-120 6:50 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 6:50 pm to 6:51 pm.
  • 406-026 6:50 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:50 pm to 6:51 pm.
  • 036-121 6:51 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:51 pm and 6:56 pm.
  • 406-027 6:51 PM · 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 6:51 pm and 6:56 pm.
  • 036-122 6:56 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 6:56 pm to 6:57 pm.
  • 406-028 6:56 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:56 pm to 6:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 406-025, January 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-025 (accessed October 6, 2026).