Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 428 › Conversation 428-030

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House Tapes

Saturday, April 14, 1973 · 6:45 PM–8:11 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation428-030 on Tape 428StartSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 6:45 PMEndSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 8:11 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 428-030 ↗

President Nixon held a private, undocumented meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite. Given the absence of a transcript and the lack of specific details regarding the agenda, the nature of the topics discussed remains unknown to researchers. The primary significance of this interaction lies in its status as an unrecorded or off-the-record engagement during a period of intense scrutiny surrounding the Nixon administration.

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On April 14, 1973, 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 428-030 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 428-30

Date: April 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

     President’s schedule
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 428-30 (cont’d)

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:11 pm.
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  • 428-029 6:45 PM · 9 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-031 6:45 PM · 16 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-032 6:45 PM · 14 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 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-033 6:45 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-034 6:45 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.
  • 428-035 6:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 8:11 pm.

Conversation 428-030, 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/428-030 (accessed October 5, 2026).