Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 893 › Conversation 893-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications

Wednesday, April 11, 1973 · 12:29 PM–12:34 PM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation893-015 on Tape 893StartWednesday, April 11, 1973 at 12:29 PMEndWednesday, April 11, 1973 at 12:34 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 893-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction serves as a routine administrative task to connect the President with an outside party. No substantive policy matters or major decisions are recorded during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 893-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 893-15

Date: April 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:35 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 44-144]
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                 Conversation No. 893-16 (cont’d)

Also recorded on April 11, 1973

  • 893-011 11:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 11:51 am.
  • 893-012 11:51 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gregorio Lopez Bravo de Castro, Henry A. Kissinger, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:51 am to 12:02 pm.
  • 893-013 12:04 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Roger E. Shields, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 044-144 12:29 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm.
  • 893-014 12:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm.
  • 893-016 12:34 PM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Gerald R. Ford, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 044-145 12:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 12:35 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 044-146 1:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 893-015, April 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/893-015 (accessed October 5, 2026).