Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 417 › Conversation 417-008

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

Monday, March 5, 1973 · 3:33 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation417-008 on Tape 417StartMonday, March 5, 1973 at 3:33 PMEndMonday, March 5, 1973 at 3:33 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 417-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. This exchange served solely as a functional step to initiate a subsequent conversation with another party. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions occurred during this brief request for operator assistance.

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NARA Description

On March 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 417-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 417-8

Date: March 5, 1973
Time: 3:33 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 37-56]

Also recorded on March 5, 1973

  • 037-056 3:33 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:33 pm.
  • 037-057 3:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
  • 417-009 3:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
  • 037-058 3:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-010 3:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-011 3:34 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-012 3:34 PM · 10 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 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-013 3:34 PM · 13 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 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 417-008, March 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/417-008 (accessed October 6, 2026).