Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 409 › Conversation 409-016
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House taping…
Tuesday, February 6, 1973 · 2:47 PM–2:57 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Executive Office Building for a brief, informal encounter. The recorded interaction consists primarily of a numeric count, suggesting a technical test of the recording equipment rather than a substantive policy discussion. No significant administrative decisions or political topics were addressed during the brief duration of the meeting.
- White House taping system
- technical testing
- audio recording
- Presidential records
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NARA Description
On February 6, 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 2:47 pm and 2:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 409-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 409-16
Date: February 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 2:52 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
Instructions
-Coca cola [?]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:52 pm.
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on February 6, 1973
- 409-011 1:57 PM · 10 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 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm.
- 409-012 1:57 PM · 11 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 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm.
- 043-032 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 409-014 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 2:57 pm.
- 409-015 2:47 PM · 23 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 2:47 pm and 2:57 pm.
- 043-033 2:50 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 11:50 pm.
- 043-034 2:50 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 11:50 pm.
- 409-017 2:52 PM · 1 hr 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:52 pm to 4:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 409-016, February 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/409-016 (accessed October 1, 2026).