Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-022
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…
Saturday, January 1, 1972 · 2:43 PM–3:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to verify information he had gathered regarding a specific matter. The brief exchange focused on confirming the accuracy of details he had obtained, though the specific nature of the subject remains undocumented. No significant policy decisions or further actions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
- White House administration
- Information verification
- Presidential communication
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:41:24 into the tape and ends around 00:41:38.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On January 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 3:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 311-22 Date: January 1, 1972 Time: 2:43 pm - 3:56 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-131]
Also recorded on January 1, 1972
- 017-130 2:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Abplanalp talked on the telephone from 2:42 pm to 2:43 pm.
- 311-021 2:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Abplanalp met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:42 pm to 2:43 pm.
- 017-131 2:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 017-132 2:43 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 017-133 2:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 311-023 2:43 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 311-024 2:43 PM · 3 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 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 311-025 2:43 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 311-022, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-022 (accessed September 19, 2026).