Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-045
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office
Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 3:36 PM–3:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled interaction with a White House operator while working in his Old Executive Office Building suite. As no transcript or specific subject matter exists for this brief exchange, it remains categorized as a routine administrative or logistical communication. No policy decisions, political strategies, or substantive developments were recorded during this encounter.
Audio
part B, 24:58
Download MP3 (part 1) · 112.4 MB ·Download MP3 (part 2) · 61.7 MB
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 02:27:47 to 02:28:01 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.
NARA Description
On January 2, 1972, 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 3:36 pm and 3:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 311-45 Date: January 2, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:36 pm and 3:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-145]
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on January 2, 1972
- 017-144 3:30 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:30 pm to 3:36 pm.
- 311-044 3:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:36 pm.
- 017-145 3:36 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 3:40 pm.
- 017-146 3:40 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:40 pm to 3:50 pm.
- 311-046 3:40 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:40 pm to 3:50 pm.
- 017-147 3:50 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 3:58 pm.
- 311-047 3:50 PM · 36 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 3:50 pm and 3:58 pm.
- 017-148 3:58 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 4:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 311-045, January 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-045 (accessed November 1, 2026).