Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 415 › Conversation 415-006

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

Tuesday, February 27, 1973 · 8:01 AM–8:07 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation415-006 on Tape 415StartTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 8:01 AMEndTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 8:07 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 415-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served a purely administrative function to initiate communication with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On February 27, 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 8:01 am and 8:07 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 415-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 415-6

Date: February 27, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:01 am and 8:07 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 43-202]

Also recorded on February 27, 1973

  • 043-202 8:01 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 8:07 am.
  • 043-203 8:07 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:07 am to 8:14 am.
  • 415-007 8:07 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:07 am to 8:14 am.
  • 415-008 8:14 AM · 10 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 8:14 am and 9:30 am.
  • 415-009 8:14 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:14 am and 9:30 am.
  • 415-010 9:30 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:30 am to 10:20 am.
  • 043-204 9:34 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:34 am.
  • 043-205 9:43 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 10:20 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 415-006, February 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/415-006 (accessed October 1, 2026).