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Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Timekeeping

Thursday, February 1, 1973 · 2:57 PM ET · Oval Office · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation846-014 on Tape 846StartThursday, February 1, 1973 at 2:57 PMEndThursday, February 1, 1973 at 2:57 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 846-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to verify the current local time. This brief interaction served a purely administrative purpose to ensure the accuracy of the official record. No further policy or personnel matters were discussed during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On February 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 846-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 846-14

Date: February 1, 1973
Time: 2:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

Time of day

Also recorded on February 1, 1973

  • 406-057 1:40 PM · 20 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 1:40 pm and 2:48 pm.
  • 846-012 1:40 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:56 pm.
  • 846-013 2:56 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:56 pm to 2:57 pm.
  • 846-015 2:58 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:58 pm to 3:03 pm.
  • 846-016 3:05 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Linwood Holton, Francis W. Sargent, John R. ("Jack") Williams, Jr., George H. W. Bush, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Falk, J. Marsh Thompson, Robert D. Ray, Arch A. Moore, Jr., John A. Love, Winfield Dunn, Manolo Sanchez, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 4:02 pm.
  • 846-017 4:02 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 846-018 4:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 4:05 pm.
  • 409-001 4:08 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sir Burke Trend, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, and Edward R. G. Heath met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 6:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 846-014, February 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/846-014 (accessed October 9, 2026).