Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 302 › Conversation 302-016

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Nelson A. Rockefeller

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 3:08 PM–3:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation302-016 on Tape 302 (tape position 00:32:43–00:33:00)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 3:08 PMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 3:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 302-016 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417184999 ↗

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On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-016 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 302-16

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 13-35]

     Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller

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I'm going to rock on it, ladies.
  • 013-032 2:58 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:58 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 013-033 2:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:06 pm.
  • 302-014 3:05 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:06 pm.
  • 013-034 3:06 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 302-015 3:06 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 013-035 3:08 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 013-036 3:10 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm.
  • 302-017 3:10 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm.

Conversation 302-016, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184999). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-016 (accessed November 3, 2026).