Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 411 › Conversation 411-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on presidential operations

Thursday, February 22, 1973 · 1:15 PM–2:22 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation411-012 on Tape 411StartThursday, February 22, 1973 at 1:15 PMEndThursday, February 22, 1973 at 2:22 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 411-012 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a logistical purpose, as the President utilized the operator's services to establish a secure or routed connection. No further substantive policy matters or specific decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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On February 22, 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 1:15 pm and 2:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 411-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 411-12

Date: February 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 2:22 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 411-19 (cont’d)

The President talked with the White House operator.

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  • 861-020 1:08 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:12 pm.
  • 043-166 1:12 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 2:22 pm.
  • 411-010 1:12 PM · 16 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 1:12 pm and 1:22 pm.
  • 861-022 1:12 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 411-011 1:22 PM · 23 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 1:22 pm and 2:22 pm.

Conversation 411-012, February 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/411-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).