Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 430 › Conversation 430-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Richard G. Kleindienst

Wednesday, April 25, 1973 · 2:01 PM–3:14 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation430-011 on Tape 430StartWednesday, April 25, 1973 at 2:01 PMEndWednesday, April 25, 1973 at 3:14 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 430-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief exchange served as a procedural request to facilitate communication between the President and his chief law enforcement officer. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific interaction.

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NARA Description

On April 25, 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 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 430-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 430-011

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

Date: April 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[This also may be Conversation No. 138-144]

       Telephone call to Richard G. Kleindienst

Also recorded on April 25, 1973

  • 430-005 2:00 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:00 pm to 2:01 pm.
  • 038-144 2:01 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-006 2:01 PM · 17 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 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-007 2:01 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-008 2:01 PM · 17 sec — 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 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-009 2:01 PM · 10 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 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 430-010 2:01 PM · 7 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 2:01 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 038-145 3:14 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 430-011, April 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/430-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).