Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 928 › Conversation 928-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on administrative…

Friday, May 25, 1973 · 10:10 AM–10:24 AM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation928-004 on Tape 928StartFriday, May 25, 1973 at 10:10 AMEndFriday, May 25, 1973 at 10:24 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 928-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief exchange with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a purely administrative function to connect the President with an external party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief communication.

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NARA Description

On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 928-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 928-4

Date: May 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:24 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 39-20]

Also recorded on May 25, 1973

  • 124-002 9:41 AM · 1 hr 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John B. Connally, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 928-001 9:41 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 9:50 am.
  • 928-002 9:50 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:50 am to 10:10 am.
  • 039-020 10:10 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
  • 928-003 10:10 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
  • 928-005 10:10 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am.
  • 928-006 10:10 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:44 am.
  • 039-021 10:26 AM · 12 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:26 am.

All 25 conversations from May 25, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 928-004, May 25, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/928-004 (accessed September 22, 2026).