Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-045

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on administrative logistics

Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 3:36 PM–3:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation311-045 on Tape 311 (tape position 02:27:47–02:28:01)StartSunday, January 2, 1972 at 3:36 PMEndSunday, January 2, 1972 at 3:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 311-045 ↗

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.

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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 02:27:47 into the tape and ends around 02:28:01.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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.

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]
  • 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 · 33 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.

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 September 30, 2026).