Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 410 › Conversation 410-047

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 7:01 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation410-047 on Tape 410StartThursday, March 15, 1973 at 7:01 PMEndThursday, March 15, 1973 at 7:01 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 410-047 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The conversation was functional in nature, serving solely to facilitate communication with another party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 410-047 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 410-47

Date: March 15, 1973
Time: 7:01 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. Sept.10)
                                                         Conversation No. 410-47 (cont’d)

[See Conversation No. 43-112]

Also recorded on March 16, 1973

  • 410-048 7:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:01 pm to 7:02 pm.
  • 410-049 7:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arnold Palmer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:02 pm to 7:04 pm.
  • 037-125 7:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:10 pm and 7:43 pm.
  • 410-050 7:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:14 pm to 7:18 pm.
  • 410-051 7:18 PM · 17 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 7:18 pm and 7:30 pm.
  • 037-126 7:43 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:43 pm to 7:44 pm.
  • 881-001 10:14 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:18 am.
  • 881-002 10:18 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:18 am to 10:33 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 410-047, March 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/410-047 (accessed October 12, 2026).