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Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 5:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 16 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; White House operatorConversation429-017 on Tape 429StartThursday, April 19, 1973 at 5:10 PMEndThursday, April 19, 1973 at 5:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 429-017 ↗

AI Summary

A White House operator contacted President Nixon to facilitate a connection, likely for an urgent communication or scheduling adjustment. The exchange was brief and served as a functional conduit for the President to engage in further discussions. No substantive policy or political decisions were recorded during this brief technical interaction.

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NARA Description

On April 19, 1973, unknown person(s) and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 429-017

Date: April 19, 1973
Time: 5:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked to the President.

[See Conversation No. 038-119]

Also recorded on April 19, 1973

  • 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.
  • 429-018 5:15 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm.
  • 038-120 5:43 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:45 pm.
  • 038-121 5:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 5:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 429-017, 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/429-017 (accessed October 5, 2026).