Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 413 › Conversation 413-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential operations

Friday, February 23, 1973 · 3:35 PM–3:38 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation413-015 on Tape 413StartFriday, February 23, 1973 at 3:35 PMEndFriday, February 23, 1973 at 3:38 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 413-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party for further communication. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.1 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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 an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 413-15

Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 43-192]

Also recorded on February 23, 1973

  • 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.
  • 413-016 3:35 PM · 15 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 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 413-017 3:35 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Gerald R. Ford, White House operator, Wilbur D. Mills, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:35 pm to 4:40 pm.
  • 043-194 3:38 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 3:38 pm to 3:44 pm.

All 92 conversations from February 23, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 413-015, 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/413-015 (accessed October 1, 2026).