Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 441 › Conversation 441-021

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Tuesday, June 5, 1973 · 5:26 PM–5:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation441-021 on Tape 441StartTuesday, June 5, 1973 at 5:26 PMEndTuesday, June 5, 1973 at 5:27 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 441-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief communication with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction served as a routine administrative task to connect the President with another party. No further policy discussions or significant substantive developments were recorded during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On June 5, 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 5:26 pm and 5:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 441-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 441-21

Date: June 5, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:26 pm and 5:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 39-95]
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Also recorded on June 5, 1973

  • 039-093 5:21 PM · 4 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 441-019 5:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:21 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 441-020 5:25 PM · 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 5:25 pm and 5:27 pm.
  • 039-094 5:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:26 pm.
  • 039-095 5:26 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:26 pm and 5:27 pm.
  • 039-096 5:27 PM · 1 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:27 pm to 5:29 pm.
  • 441-022 5:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:27 pm to 5:29 pm.
  • 441-023 5:29 PM · 1 hr 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:29 pm to 7:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 441-021, June 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/441-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).