Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 433 › Conversation 433-047

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 6:51 PM–6:53 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation433-047 on Tape 433StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 6:51 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 6:53 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 433-047 ↗

President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served an administrative purpose to initiate an external or internal call. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions were recorded during this exchange.

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On May 1, 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 6:51 pm and 6:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-047 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 433-47

Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:53 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 45-109]
  • 045-107 6:47 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:47 pm and 6:49 pm.
  • 433-045 6:47 PM · 9 sec — 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 6:47 pm and 6:49 pm.
  • 045-108 6:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and 6:51 pm.
  • 433-046 6:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:49 pm to 6:51 pm.
  • 045-109 6:51 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:51 pm and 6:53 pm.
  • 045-110 6:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and David Packard talked on the telephone from 6:53 pm to 6:55 pm.
  • 433-048 6:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and David Packard met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:53 pm to 6:55 pm.
  • 045-111 6:55 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:02 pm.

Conversation 433-047, 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/433-047 (accessed October 5, 2026).