Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 429 › Conversation 429-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Richard Martin

Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 3:38 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation429-014 on Tape 429StartThursday, April 19, 1973 at 3:38 PMEndThursday, April 19, 1973 at 3:38 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 429-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone call with Richard Martin. The brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with this specific individual for undisclosed purposes. No further policy discussions or significant executive decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.

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Mr. Dick Martin, come to the Q&A, please.
Richard Martin, thank you.

NARA Description

On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 429-014

Date: April 19, 1973
Time: 3:38 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 038-115]

Also recorded on April 19, 1973

  • 038-115 3:38 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:38 pm.
  • 038-116 3:38 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:38 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 429-015 3:46 PM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:46 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 429-016 5:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 429-028 5:01 PM · 10 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 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 038-117 5:03 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:03 pm to 5:04 pm.
  • 038-118 5:04 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:04 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 038-119 5:10 PM · 12 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 5:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 429-014, April 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/429-014 (accessed October 5, 2026).