Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 426 › Conversation 426-053
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator
Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 6:14 PM–6:17 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to an unnamed party. The brief interaction serves primarily as a logistical connection to facilitate further presidential communication. No additional policy or substantive matters were recorded during this exchange.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On April 10, 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 6:14 pm and 6:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 426-53 Date: April 10, 1973 Time: Unknown between 6:14 pm and 6:17 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 44-140]
Also recorded on April 10, 1973
- 044-139 5:59 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:59 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 426-049 5:59 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:59 pm.
- 426-051 6:09 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:09 pm to 6:14 pm.
- 044-140 6:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:14 pm and 6:17 pm.
- 426-052 6:14 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:14 pm.
- 044-141 6:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 6:17 pm to 6:18 pm.
- 426-054 6:17 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:17 pm to 6:18 pm.
- 426-055 6:20 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:20 pm to 7:01 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 426-053, 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/426-053 (accessed October 5, 2026).