Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 407 › Conversation 407-016

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative…

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 6:19 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation407-016 onTape 407StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 6:19 PMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 6:19 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 407-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief administrative communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording serves as a procedural log of the President connecting via the internal switchboard system. No substantive policy matters or specific directives were captured during this brief 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 6:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 407-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 407-16

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 6:19 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 36-87]

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

  • 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.
  • 407-011 5:29 PM · 2 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 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.
  • 036-087 6:19 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:19 pm.
  • 407-017 6:19 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 6:22 pm.
  • 407-018 6:22 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
  • 036-088 6:36 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 6:38 pm.
  • 036-089 6:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:40 pm.
  • 036-090 6:40 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 10:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 407-016, 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/407-016 (accessed September 18, 2026).