Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 413 › Conversation 413-008
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative staff
Friday, February 23, 1973 · 3:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal interaction with a White House operator in the Executive Office Building. The exchange appears to be a routine communication or social pleasantry rather than a substantive policy discussion. No significant administrative decisions or historical action items resulted from this specific call.
- White House operations
- Presidential communication
- Administrative staff
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NARA Description
On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 413-8
Date: February 23, 1973
Time: 3:05 pm
-7-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 413-39 (cont’d)
Location: Executive Office Building
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 43-186]Also recorded on February 23, 1973
- 043-184 3:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:02 pm to 3:03 pm.
- 413-006 3:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:02 pm to 3:03 pm.
- 043-185 3:03 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:05 pm.
- 043-186 3:05 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:05 pm.
- 043-187 3:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:18 pm.
- 413-007 3:05 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 3:05 pm.
- 043-188 3:18 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:18 pm.
- 043-189 3:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 413-008, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/413-008 (accessed October 1, 2026).