Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 447 › Conversation 447-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential logistics

Tuesday, June 19, 1973 · 1:54 PM–2:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation447-020 on Tape 447StartTuesday, June 19, 1973 at 1:54 PMEndTuesday, June 19, 1973 at 2:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 447-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown staff member to request the retrieval of a specific pipe located in the Lincoln Sitting Room. The President described the item’s appearance and color to ensure the aide could identify it correctly. The meeting concluded with the staff member acknowledging the request and departing to fulfill the errand.

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Chief, there's a pipe like this in the Lincoln Road.
This is kind of sitting up about Lincoln City.
I'm wondering if you could bring it over.
Yes, sir.
Just like this.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On June 19, 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 1:54 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 447-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 447-20

Date: June 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:54 pm and 2:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

     Request for pipe
          -Location
                 -Lincoln Sitting Room
          -Color

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm.

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  • 447-018 1:52 PM · 27 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 1:54 pm.
  • 041-015 1:54 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:54 pm and 2:36 pm.
  • 447-019 1:54 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:54 pm.
  • 447-021 1:54 PM · 15 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 1:54 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 447-022 2:00 PM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:00 pm to 2:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 447-020, June 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/447-020 (accessed October 9, 2026).