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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Judiciary

Friday, April 9, 1971 · 1:35 PM–1:47 PM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation476-022 on Tape 476 (tape position 04:52:42–04:53:02)StartFriday, April 9, 1971 at 1:35 PMEndFriday, April 9, 1971 at 1:47 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 476-022 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with Deputy Judge Murphy, who was based in New York. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to reconnect with the judge following a prior conversation held the previous day. No further substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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Deputy Judge Murphy, now in New York.
I had a conversation with him yesterday.

On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 476-22

Date: April 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 1-62]
  • 001-060 1:35 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
  • 001-061 1:35 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
  • 001-062 1:35 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
  • 476-017 1:35 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
  • 476-018 1:35 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
  • 476-019 1:35 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
  • 476-020 1:35 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.
  • 476-021 1:35 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm.

Conversation 476-022, April 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/476-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).