Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 426 › Conversation 426-044

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Record keeping and Administration

Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 5:00 PM–5:59 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation426-044 on Tape 426StartTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 5:00 PMEndTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 5:59 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 426-044 ↗

President Nixon met to dictate a memorandum for the official file regarding his personal schedule. The brief session served to memorialize administrative details for the historical record. No other participants were present during this administrative recording.

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On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-044 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 426-44

Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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       President’s schedule

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  • 044-137 4:45 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 044-138 4:45 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 426-042 4:45 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel L. Devine, unknown person(s), and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 426-043 4:58 PM · 11 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 4:58 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 426-045 5:00 PM · 18 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 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 426-046 5:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 426-047 5:00 PM · 14 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 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 426-048 5:00 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, and Samuel L. Devine met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm.

Conversation 426-044, April 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-044 (accessed October 5, 2026).