Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 413 › Conversation 413-016
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…
Friday, February 23, 1973 · 3:35 PM–3:38 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, routine communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were addressed during this short exchange. The interaction served strictly as an administrative step to connect the President with another party.
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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 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 413-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 413-16
Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 43-193]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 413-39 (cont’d)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.
- 413-015 3:35 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 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 413-016, 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/413-016 (accessed October 1, 2026).