Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 697 › Conversation 697-025

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on US Navy

Thursday, March 30, 1972 · 12:39 PM–12:45 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation697-025 on Tape 697 (tape position 03:09:47–03:10:58)StartThursday, March 30, 1972 at 12:39 PMEndThursday, March 30, 1972 at 12:45 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 697-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal exchange with a White House operator regarding the location of American naval assets. The dialogue appears to be a fragmented conclusion to a previous communication or a transition between calls. No substantive policy decisions were made during this interaction.

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NARA Description

On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 697-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 697-25

Date: March 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 12:45 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 22-52]

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There he's golfing.

The president's a golfer.

He's on the C-11.

So you know who he is.

It's only been used for a whole few months.

I don't have 280 archives of those.

Oh, it's very good.

Thank you so much.

You're right.

Thank you very much.

We're certainly very proud of the way things are in Arizona.

This is a train.

See, these are the seals you notice in the book.

Like that.

And I was very lucky to learn a lot of these things.

Well, when...

Thanks for bringing them.

Go to the rack.

All right, so don't worry.

Go ahead.

Thanks.

The rest of us are here to play.

Also recorded on March 30, 1972

697-022 12:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:30 pm to 12:31 pm.
697-023 12:31 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mike Finamore, Ann Landers, A. Hamblin Letton, Mrs. A. Hamblin Letton, Charles R. Ebersol, Mrs. Charles R. Ebersol, Lane W. Adams, Mrs. Lane W. Adams, Irving I. Rimer, Alan Davis, John Finamore, Mrs. John Finamore, Deborah Finamore, Alice Letton, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 12:39 pm.
697-024 12:39 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:45 pm.
697-026 12:39 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:45 pm.
697-027 12:39 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:45 pm.
022-053 12:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:47 pm.
697-028 12:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 12:47 pm.
697-029 12:47 PM · 2 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:47 pm to 2:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 697-025, March 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/697-025 (accessed November 4, 2026).