Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 429 › Conversation 429-028

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

Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 5:01 PM–5:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation429-028 on Tape 429StartThursday, April 19, 1973 at 5:01 PMEndThursday, April 19, 1973 at 5:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 429-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The exchange is purely administrative, focused on facilitating communication with an unidentified party. No policy decisions or substantive discussions occur during this brief interaction.

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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 an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 429-028

Conversation No. 429-028

Date: April 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:01 pm and 5:10 pm.
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator [?].

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

       Request for a call

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.
  • 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.
  • 429-017 5:10 PM · 16 sec — unknown person(s) and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building 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 429-028, 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/429-028 (accessed October 5, 2026).