Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 428 › Conversation 428-018

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Saturday, April 14, 1973 · 8:49 AM–8:54 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation428-018 on Tape 428StartSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 8:49 AMEndSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 8:54 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 428-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon spoke with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief interaction focused on connecting the President to a specific party, serving as a standard administrative function of the White House switchboard. No substantive policy discussions or political developments were recorded during this brief logistical exchange.

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NARA Description

On April 14, 1973, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 428-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 428-18

Date: April 14, 1973
Time: 8:49 pm - 8:54 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 38-18]

Also recorded on April 14, 1973

  • 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.
  • 428-016 8:47 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:47 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.
  • 428-019 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 428-018, 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/428-018 (accessed October 5, 2026).