Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 412 › Conversation 412-002

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

Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 2:31 PM–2:38 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation412-002 on Tape 412StartWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 2:31 PMEndWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 2:38 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 412-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with an individual named Steve. The interaction was brief and served solely as a logistical request to place a telephone call to this specific party. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Uh, no, I, I, uh, Steve.
Steve.

NARA Description

On February 14, 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 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 412-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 412-2

Date: February 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 43-78]

Also recorded on February 14, 1973

  • 856-001 2:20 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) [television technicians] met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 412-001 2:31 PM · 19 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 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm.
  • 043-078 2:38 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm.
  • 043-079 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 412-003 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 043-080 2:39 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 412-004 2:39 PM · 11 sec — 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 2:39 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 043-081 2:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 412-002, February 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/412-002 (accessed October 1, 2026).