Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 409 › Conversation 409-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Thursday, February 1, 1973 · 6:49 PM–6:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation409-004 on Tape 409StartThursday, February 1, 1973 at 6:49 PMEndThursday, February 1, 1973 at 6:51 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 409-004 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On February 1, 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 6:49 pm and 6:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 409-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 409-4

Date: February 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:49 pm and 6:51 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 43-14]

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  • 846-018 4:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 4:05 pm.
  • 409-001 4:08 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sir Burke Trend, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, and Edward R. G. Heath met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 6:05 pm.
  • 409-002 6:07 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:07 pm to 6:41 pm.
  • 409-003 6:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:47 pm to 6:49 pm.
  • 043-015 6:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 6:51 pm to 6:55 pm.
  • 409-005 6:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:51 pm to 6:55 pm.
  • 409-006 6:55 PM · 41 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 6:55 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 409-007 6:55 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and United States Secret Service agents met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:10 pm.

Conversation 409-004, February 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/409-004 (accessed November 15, 2026).