Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 906 › Conversation 906-009

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications

Friday, April 27, 1973 · 4:30 PM–4:31 PM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation906-009 on Tape 906StartFriday, April 27, 1973 at 4:30 PMEndFriday, April 27, 1973 at 4:31 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 906-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The interaction was purely administrative in nature, serving as a functional step to reach an unnamed third party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this short exchange.

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NARA Description

On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 906-9

Date: April 27, 1973
Time: 4:30 pm - 4:31 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 45-35]

Also recorded on April 27, 1973

  • 045-034 4:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:16 pm.
  • 045-035 4:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 045-036 4:31 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 4:31 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 906-010 4:31 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 906-011 4:35 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:41 pm.
  • 906-012 4:41 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:41 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 906-013 5:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm.
  • 906-014 5:00 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 906-009, April 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/906-009 (accessed October 5, 2026).