Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 406 › Conversation 406-031
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential…
Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 6:57 PM–7:39 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held an undocumented meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual. While no transcript or descriptive records exist to detail the dialogue, the brief encounter concluded with the President offering his assent to the unknown party's proposal. The lack of archival documentation leaves the specific policy or administrative subject matter of this engagement historically unresolved.
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NARA Description
On January 30, 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 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 406-31
Date: January 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person.
President's assent
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 7:39 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 406-56 (cont’d)Also recorded on January 30, 1973
- 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.
- 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.
- 036-123 6:57 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm.
- 406-029 6:57 PM · 10 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 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm.
- 406-030 6:57 PM · 11 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 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm.
- 406-032 6:57 PM · 11 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 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm.
- 406-033 6:57 PM · 9 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 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 406-031, 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/406-031 (accessed October 6, 2026).