Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 417 › Conversation 417-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Floyd Spence

Monday, March 5, 1973 · 3:34 PM–4:44 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation417-012 on Tape 417StartMonday, March 5, 1973 at 3:34 PMEndMonday, March 5, 1973 at 4:44 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 417-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to Senator Floyd Spence. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this exchange.

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Senator Spence.

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 an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 417-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 417-12

Date: March 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 37-58]

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.
  • 417-008 3:33 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 3:33 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.
  • 417-013 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 417-012, 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/417-012 (accessed October 6, 2026).