Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 420 › Conversation 420-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Friday, March 16, 1973 · 1:38 PM–2:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation420-004 on Tape 420StartFriday, March 16, 1973 at 1:38 PMEndFriday, March 16, 1973 at 2:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 420-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served purely as an administrative function to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions were recorded during this brief operational exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 16, 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 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 420-4

Date: March 16, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 37-127]

Also recorded on March 16, 1973

  • 881-007 12:31 PM · 1 hr 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 1:36 pm.
  • 037-127 1:38 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 420-001 1:38 PM · 11 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 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 420-002 1:38 PM · 11 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 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 420-003 1:38 PM · 56 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 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 420-005 1:38 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 037-128 2:45 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 420-006 2:45 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 2:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 420-004, March 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/420-004 (accessed October 5, 2026).