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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telephone operations

Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 5:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation426-013 on Tape 426StartThursday, March 29, 1973 at 5:32 PMEndThursday, March 29, 1973 at 5:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 426-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing connection to an unspecified individual. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate a telephone call. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this interaction.

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NARA Description

On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 426-13

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: 5:32 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 44-77]

Also recorded on March 29, 1973

  • 044-077 5:32 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:32 pm.
  • 426-014 5:32 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 426-015 5:32 PM · 14 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 5:32 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 044-078 5:35 PM · 8 min — John D. Ehrlichman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:24 pm.
  • 044-079 5:35 PM — John D. Ehrlichman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:24 pm.
  • 044-080 5:35 PM — John D. Ehrlichman and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:24 pm.
  • 426-016 5:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:24 pm.
  • 426-017 5:35 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 426-013, March 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-013 (accessed October 1, 2026).