Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 415 › Conversation 415-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Tuesday, February 27, 1973 · 10:20 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation415-011 on Tape 415StartTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 10:20 AMEndTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 10:20 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 415-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a purely administrative purpose to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or political developments 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 10:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 415-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 415-11

Date: February 27, 1973
Time: 10:20 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 43-205]

Also recorded on February 27, 1973

  • 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.
  • 043-206 10:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
  • 043-207 10:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
  • 043-221 10:20 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
  • 415-012 10:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
  • 415-013 10:21 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:21 am.
  • 415-014 11:00 AM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:00 am to 11:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 415-011, 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/415-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).