Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 432 › Conversation 432-013

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Wednesday, May 2, 1973 · 12:33 PM–12:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation432-013 on Tape 432StartWednesday, May 2, 1973 at 12:33 PMEndWednesday, May 2, 1973 at 12:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 432-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon placed a brief call to the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing connection to an unnamed party. The conversation served a purely administrative purpose to initiate external communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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NARA Description

On May 2, 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 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 432-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 432-13

Date: May 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 432-13 (cont’d)

[See Conversation No. 45-141]

Also recorded on May 2, 1973

  • 045-139 12:11 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:11 pm.
  • 045-141 12:33 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm.
  • 432-009 12:33 PM · 20 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 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm.
  • 432-010 12:33 PM · 9 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 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm.
  • 432-011 12:33 PM · 15 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 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm.
  • 432-012 12:33 PM · 7 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 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm.
  • 045-142 12:48 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 12:48 pm to 12:49 pm.
  • 432-014 12:48 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:49 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 432-013, May 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/432-013 (accessed October 5, 2026).