Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 439 › Conversation 439-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Monday, May 21, 1973 · 11:14 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation439-003 on Tape 439StartMonday, May 21, 1973 at 11:14 AMEndMonday, May 21, 1973 at 11:14 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 439-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief communication with a White House operator to request a connection to an individual identified as Johnny. The exchange served primarily as a functional administrative request to facilitate a subsequent phone call. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief interaction.

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Johnny.

NARA Description

On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:14 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 439-3

Date: May 21, 1973
Time: 11:14 am
Location: Old Executive Office Building

President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 46-122]

Also recorded on May 21, 1973

  • 439-002 10:53 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:53 am to 11:13 am.
  • 046-122 11:13 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:14 am.
  • 046-123 11:14 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:14 am to 11:17 am.
  • 439-004 11:14 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:14 am to 11:17 am.
  • 046-124 11:17 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:48 am.
  • 439-005 11:17 AM · 10 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 11:17 am and 11:48 am.
  • 046-125 11:48 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:48 am to 11:51 am.
  • 439-006 11:48 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:48 am to 11:51 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 439-003, May 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).