Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 427 › Conversation 427-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Media monitoring

Monday, April 16, 1973 · 8:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation427-014 on Tape 427StartMonday, April 16, 1973 at 8:45 PMEndMonday, April 16, 1973 at 8:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 427-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding a broadcast or performance he was monitoring. During the brief exchange, Nixon dismissed the program, labeling it a "jerk show." No further administrative actions or substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief communication.

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No, it's a jerk show.

NARA Description

On April 16, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 427-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 427-14

Date: April 16, 1973
Time: 8:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 38-78]

Also recorded on April 17, 1973

  • 038-078 8:45 PM · 17 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 8:45 pm.
  • 038-080 8:45 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 038-081 8:45 PM · 21 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 427-015 8:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 427-016 8:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 038-082 8:58 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 8:58 pm to 9:14 pm.
  • 427-017 8:58 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:58 pm to 9:14 pm.
  • 038-083 9:18 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:19 am.

All 53 conversations from April 17, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 427-014, April 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/427-014 (accessed October 5, 2026).