Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 407 › Conversation 407-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 4:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation407-003 on Tape 407StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 4:09 PMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 4:09 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 407-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a connection for an outgoing telephone call. This brief interaction served as a logistical step in managing the President’s external communications. No policy matters or substantive political decisions were addressed during this exchange.

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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 at 4:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 407-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 407-3

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 4:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 36-85]

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

  • 036-086 4:09 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm.
  • 407-004 4:09 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:09 pm to 4:10 pm.
  • 407-005 4:10 PM · 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 4:10 pm and 4:14 pm.
  • 407-006 4:10 PM · 24 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 4:10 pm and 4:14 pm.
  • 407-007 4:14 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:14 pm to 4:34 pm.
  • 407-008 4:55 PM · 26 min — 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 4:55 pm and 5:24 pm.
  • 407-009 5:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:29 pm.
  • 407-010 5:29 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 407-003, 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/407-003 (accessed October 8, 2026).