Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 432 › Conversation 432-007

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Watergate

Monday, April 30, 1973 · 8:25 PM–8:58 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 45 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation432-007 on Tape 432StartMonday, April 30, 1973 at 8:25 PMEndMonday, April 30, 1973 at 8:58 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 432-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual shortly following the President's televised address regarding the Watergate scandal. The discussion focused on evaluating the delivery, pacing, and overall public appearance of the speech. No further policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.

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That's been kind of a very long right there.
Oh.
Oh yeah.

NARA Description

On April 30, 1973, 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 8:25 pm and 8:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 432-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 432-7

Date: April 30, 1973
Time: Unknown after 8:25 and before 8:58 p.m.
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

      President’s schedule
             -President’s Watergate speech [?]
                     -Pace
                     -Appearance

      Weather [?]
            -Rain [?]

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:58 pm.

Also recorded on May 1, 1973

  • 432-005 8:25 PM · 13 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 8:25 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 432-006 8:25 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 432-008 8:25 PM · 1 min — 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 8:25 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 432-044 8:25 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 907-001 8:58 PM · 1 hr 4 min — unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 pm to 9:27 pm.
  • 045-039 10:09 PM · 5 min — Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. Keyes, and John A. Volpe talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:09 pm and 10:16 pm.
  • 045-040 10:12 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:12 pm and 10:16 pm.
  • 045-041 10:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:16 pm to 10:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 432-007, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/432-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).