Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 431 › Conversation 431-002

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

Thursday, April 26, 1973 · 1:13 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation431-002 on Tape 431StartThursday, April 26, 1973 at 1:13 PMEndThursday, April 26, 1973 at 1:13 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 431-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinated with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion focused on scheduling logistics and potential contact with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief administrative exchange.

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Oh, that's fine.
That's fine.
I'll, uh, at this hour, you see, I'll call.
Thank you very much.
Oh, look, I may get Trisha back.

NARA Description

On April 26, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 431-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 431-002

Date: April 26, 1973
Time: 1:13 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 045-007]

Also recorded on April 26, 1973

  • 045-005 12:23 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 12:23 pm to 12:32 pm.
  • 905-020 12:32 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:32 pm on April 26, 1973 and 7:32 am on April 27, 1973.
  • 045-006 12:34 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 431-001 12:34 PM · 38 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 12:34 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 045-007 1:13 PM · 22 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 1:13 pm.
  • 045-008 1:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 1:15 pm to 1:17 pm.
  • 431-003 1:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:17 pm.
  • 431-004 1:17 PM · 41 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 1:17 pm and 3:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 431-002, April 26, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/431-002 (accessed October 5, 2026).