Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 413 › Conversation 413-012
Nixon & Hébert on Personnel management and Political coordination
Friday, February 23, 1973 · 3:26 PM–3:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Representative F. Edward Hébert met briefly to follow up on the resolution of an unspecified personnel or procedural matter. The participants confirmed that the issue had been successfully settled and that appropriate credit would be granted. The conversation concludes with a brief, cryptic remark regarding the successful handling of the situation without collateral impact on uninvolved parties.
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NARA Description
On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and F. Edward Hébert met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:26 pm to 3:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 413-12 Date: February 23, 1973 Time: Between 3:26 pm and 3:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with F. Edward Hébert. [See Conversation No. 43-190]
Also recorded on February 23, 1973
- 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.
- 043-190 3:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and F. Edward Hébert talked on the telephone from 3:26 pm to 3:28 pm.
- 043-191 3:29 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 3:29 pm to 3:32 pm.
- 413-013 3:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 3:32 pm.
- 043-192 3:32 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:32 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 043-193 3:32 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:32 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 413-014 3:32 PM · 8 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 3:32 pm and 3:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 413-012, 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/413-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).