Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 658 › Conversation 658-017

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on George Meany

Thursday, January 27, 1972 · 2:20 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation658-017 on Tape 658 (tape position 04:16:39–04:17:25)StartThursday, January 27, 1972 at 2:20 PMEndThursday, January 27, 1972 at 2:20 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 658-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication regarding George Meany's schedule. The brief interaction focused on organizing a return call to the labor leader. The conversation underscores the administrative coordination required to manage high-level external relationships during the President's term.

Audio

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NARA Description

On January 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 658-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 658-17

Date: January 27, 1972
Time: 2:20 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 19-136]

     George Meany’s schedule
         -Request for a return call

Transcript (AI-generated)

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We bring, of course, here, to our channel, the Chinese Jerusalem channel, well, so there, we're, so that, we're going down that road as hard as we can.
But not putting them on the public spot.
Because if we ever said we were doing it publicly, you know, some of our colleagues, they don't know any better.
They say, well, why?
Why don't you say you're doing it with some Chinese friend?
The moment you do that, they teach their guys to explain that we're polluting with the other thing, you know.
That's it.
Right.

Also recorded on January 27, 1972

  • 019-135 2:17 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 658-016 2:17 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 019-136 2:20 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:20 pm.
  • 019-137 2:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 658-018 2:20 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 658-019 2:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 019-138 2:23 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jerry V. Wilson talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 658-020 2:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jerry V. Wilson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 658-017, January 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/658-017 (accessed October 29, 2026).