Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 432 › Conversation 432-004

Nixon White House recording on Office equipment and Technical maintenance

Friday, April 27, 1973 · 9:34 PM–8:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation432-004 on Tape 432StartFriday, April 27, 1973 at 9:34 PMEndMonday, April 30, 1973 at 8:25 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 432-004 ↗

AI Summary

Unidentified individuals met in the Old Executive Office Building to examine a physical clock and its associated time-recording mechanism. The discussion focused on the technical configuration of the device, specifically debating whether the clock required an electrical connection to function. No political or administrative decisions were reached during this brief interaction, which centered entirely on the operation of the equipment.

Office equipment
Technical maintenance
Timekeeping
OEOB
Logistics

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Yeah.

Here it is.

Here's the clock on top.

Did the clock plug in?

No, all it's doing is putting it on top and it tells you the time.

Well, my voice isn't doing it.

Keep going, Drew.

NARA Description

Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 9:34 pm on April 27, 1973 and 8:25 pm on April 30, 1973. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 432-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 432-4

Date: Unknown between April 27, 1973 and April 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:34 pm on April 27, 1973 and 8:25 pm on April 30, 1973
Location: Executive Office Building

Unknown people met.

       Clock
               -Time mechanism
               -Plug

The unknown men left at an unknown time before 8:25 pm on April 30, 1973.

Also recorded on April 28, 1973

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906-025 8:04 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:04 pm to 8:20 pm.
906-028 8:20 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 10:00 pm.
432-001 8:22 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 9:34 pm.
432-002 8:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 9:34 pm.
432-003 8:22 PM · 13 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 8:22 pm and 9:34 pm.
432-043 8:22 PM · 14 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 8:22 pm and 9:34 pm.
164-002 8:21 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:21 am and 8:41 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 432-004, April 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/432-004 (accessed October 5, 2026).