Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 411 › Conversation 411-005
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House taping…
Tuesday, February 20, 1973 · 3:17 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to cease the recording process during a brief encounter in the Old Executive Office Building. This interaction served solely as a procedural directive to deactivate the taping equipment. No substantive political or administrative matters were addressed during this exchange.
- White House taping system
- Presidential procedure
- Equipment control
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NARA Description
On February 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 411-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 411-5 Date: February 20, 1973 Time: 3:17 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-119]
Also recorded on February 20, 1973
- 043-117 3:12 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:13 pm.
- 411-003 3:12 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:12 pm to 3:13 pm.
- 043-118 3:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:17 pm.
- 411-004 3:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:14 pm to 3:17 pm.
- 043-119 3:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:18 pm.
- 043-120 3:18 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 3:18 pm to 3:22 pm.
- 411-006 3:18 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:18 pm to 3:22 pm.
- 043-121 3:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:17 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 411-005, February 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/411-005 (accessed October 1, 2026).