Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 441 › Conversation 441-034

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Personnel management

Thursday, June 7, 1973 · 3:48 PM–3:58 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation441-034 on Tape 441StartThursday, June 7, 1973 at 3:48 PMEndThursday, June 7, 1973 at 3:58 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 441-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding logistical arrangements for an upcoming meeting. The brief exchange focused on excusing the operator from attendance at the scheduled event. The President confirmed the operator's flexibility to decline participation in the meeting.

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If you have a desire to be free, you'll be offered to not be at a meeting, okay?
You'll be offered to not be at a meeting, okay?

NARA Description

On June 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:48 pm to 3:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 441-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 441-34

Date: June 7, 1973
Time: 3:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 39-136]

Also recorded on June 7, 1973

  • 039-134 1:52 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 1:57 pm.
  • 039-135 1:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 441-031 1:57 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 441-032 1:58 PM · 9 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 1:58 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 441-033 3:30 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:32 pm.
  • 039-136 3:48 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:48 pm.
  • 441-035 3:53 PM · 3 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 5:30 pm.
  • 934-012 5:37 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:37 pm to 5:52 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 441-034, June 7, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/441-034 (accessed October 1, 2026).