Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 440 › Conversation 440-046

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Florida trip

Thursday, May 24, 1973 · 4:52 PM–5:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 37 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation440-046 on Tape 440StartThursday, May 24, 1973 at 4:52 PMEndThursday, May 24, 1973 at 5:05 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 440-046 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with unidentified individual(s) in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate his upcoming travel schedule to Florida. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements for the trip, including the swearing-in ceremony for Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson. Key staff members, including Patrick J. Buchanan and Alexander M. Haig, Jr., were noted in relation to these scheduling requirements.

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NARA Description

On May 24, 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 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-046 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 440-46

Date: May 24, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

       President’s schedule
              -Florida
                      -Elliot L. Richardson’s swearing-in
                      -Patrick J. Buchanan
                      -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                      -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon [?]

Also recorded on May 24, 1973

039-007 4:52 PM · 21 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 4:52 pm.
039-008 4:52 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm.
440-043 4:52 PM · 19 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:52 pm.
440-044 4:52 PM · 2 min — 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 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm.
440-045 4:52 PM · 22 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 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm.
039-009 5:05 PM · 2 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:08 pm.
440-047 5:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:08 pm.
039-010 5:09 PM · 33 sec — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:09 pm to 5:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 440-046, May 24, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-046 (accessed October 12, 2026).