Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 411 › Conversation 411-017

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Thursday, February 22, 1973 · 2:26 PM–2:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation411-017 on Tape 411StartThursday, February 22, 1973 at 2:26 PMEndThursday, February 22, 1973 at 2:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 411-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served the administrative purpose of routing an external call. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief technical exchange.

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NARA Description

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 2:26 pm and 2:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 411-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 411-17
Date: February 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:26 pm and 2:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 43-170]
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 411-19 (cont’d)

Also recorded on February 22, 1973

  • 043-167 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 411-013 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 043-168 2:24 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 2:25 pm.
  • 411-014 2:24 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:24 pm.
  • 043-169 2:25 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart talked on the telephone at 2:25 pm.
  • 043-170 2:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:25 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 411-015 2:25 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 2:26 pm.
  • 411-016 2:26 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 411-017, 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/411-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).