Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 312 › Conversation 312-025
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office
Tuesday, January 11, 1972 · 2:39 PM–3:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 46 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal check-in with the White House operator while located in his Executive Office Building workspace. The interaction functioned primarily as a technical or routine equipment verification. No substantive policy matters or major strategic decisions were addressed during this exchange.
Audio
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Position in tape: 03:41:43 – 03:42:31
part B, 1:39:31
NARA Description
On January 11, 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 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 312-25 Date: January 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 3:43 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 18-65]
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: Brief recording mostly containing phone dialing, silence, and background tape noise before Nixon speaks a single word at the end.
Also recorded on January 11, 1972
- 018-065 2:39 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:43 pm.
- 312-022 2:39 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 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm.
- 312-023 2:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm.
- 312-024 2:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:32 pm.
- 018-066 3:43 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:49 pm.
- 312-026 3:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 3:49 pm.
- 018-067 3:49 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
- 312-027 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 312-025, January 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-025 (accessed November 1, 2026).