Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 409 › Conversation 409-018
Nixon & Monson on White House administration and administrative tasks
Thursday, February 8, 1973 · 1:28 PM–1:49 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 33 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with Zosimo Monson in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, informal engagement. The discussion primarily involved administrative or logistical requests, specifically an exchange regarding a phone call or incoming communication. No significant policy decisions or major historical actions resulted from this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On February 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo Monson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 409-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 409-18
Date: February 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Zosimo Manson.
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Manson left at an unknown time before 1:49 pm.
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on February 8, 1973
- 853-013 1:19 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 1:21 pm.
- 853-014 1:21 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John L. Campbell, John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, Jane Campbell, Charles J. DiBona, George P. Shultz, and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:21 pm to 2:33 pm.
- 409-021 1:28 PM · 12 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 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm.
- 043-053 1:49 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:49 pm.
- 409-019 1:49 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:49 pm.
- 043-054 1:50 PM · 13 sec — Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 043-055 1:50 PM · 1 min — Charles W. Colson and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 409-020 1:50 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), and W. Richard Howard met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 2:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 409-018, February 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/409-018 (accessed October 1, 2026).