Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 855 › Conversation 855-025
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential operations
Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 12:36 PM–12:37 PM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the White House operator to facilitate an external communication. The interaction served as a functional logistical task to connect the President with an outside party. No substantive policy matters or significant executive decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 855-25
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 855-25 (cont’d)
Date: February 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:36 pm and 12:37 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 43-217]Also recorded on February 14, 1973
- 855-019 12:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Thomas Hart met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:36 pm.
- 043-075 12:36 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:36 pm.
- 855-020 12:36 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 043-076 12:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at 12:37 pm.
- 043-077 12:37 PM · 22 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 043-217 12:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:37 pm.
- 855-021 12:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm.
- 855-022 12:38 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:38 pm to 1:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 855-025, February 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/855-025 (accessed October 1, 2026).