Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 440 › Conversation 440-019

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Rose Mary Woods

Tuesday, May 22, 1973 · 4:46 PM–5:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation440-019 on Tape 440StartTuesday, May 22, 1973 at 4:46 PMEndTuesday, May 22, 1973 at 5:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 440-019 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss personal and family-related matters, including the delivery of a message from his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The conversation also involved discussions regarding First Lady Pat Nixon and a request for the President to place a telephone call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative and personal exchange.

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On May 22, 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 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 440-19

Date: May 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 440-19 (cont’d)

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       Delivery
       Message from Julie Nixon Eisenhower
              -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
              -President’s call to Rose Mary Woods

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:10 pm.
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  • 046-156 4:46 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 440-016 4:46 PM · 8 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 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 440-017 4:46 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 440-018 4:46 PM · 30 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 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm.
  • 440-020 4:46 PM · 8 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 4:46 pm and 5:10 pm.

Conversation 440-019, May 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).