Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-053

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Sunday, January 2, 1972 · 4:07 PM–6:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation311-053 on Tape 311 (tape position 02:46:12–02:46:27)StartSunday, January 2, 1972 at 4:07 PMEndSunday, January 2, 1972 at 6:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 311-053 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation functioned primarily as a routine telephonic connection process. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this exchange.

Audio

part B, 43:23

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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 02:46:12 to 02:46:27 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 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-053 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 311-53

Date: January 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 17-149]

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

  • 017-147 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.
  • 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.
  • 311-048 3:58 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:58 pm to 4:07 pm.
  • 017-149 4:07 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-049 4:07 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-050 4:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-051 4:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.
  • 311-052 4:07 PM · 29 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 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 311-053, 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/311-053 (accessed November 1, 2026).