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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Saturday, April 14, 1973 · 8:47 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation428-016 on Tape 428StartSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 8:47 AMEndSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 8:47 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 428-016 ↗

President Nixon initiated a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were recorded during this exchange. The recording serves primarily as a procedural log of telephonic operations within the Executive Office Building.

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On April 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:47 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 428-016 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 428-16

Date: April 14, 1973
Time: 8:47 am
Location: Executive Office Building
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 428-16 (cont’d)

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 38-16]
  • 038-016 8:44 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 8:47 am.
  • 428-015 8:44 AM · 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 8:44 am and 8:47 am.
  • 038-017 8:47 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:47 am to 8:49 am.
  • 428-017 8:47 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:47 am to 8:49 am.
  • 038-018 8:49 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:49 am and 8:54 am.
  • 428-018 8:49 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:49 am to 8:54 am.
  • 428-019 8:53 AM · 3 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Elliot L. Richardson, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John W. Dean, III, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:53 am to 12:30 pm.
  • 038-019 8:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elliot L. Richardson talked on the telephone from 8:54 am to 8:56 am.

Conversation 428-016, April 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/428-016 (accessed October 5, 2026).