Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-018
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Administrative coordination
Tuesday, October 24, 1972 · 1:58 PM–3:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to delay his scheduled outgoing calls until 3:00 pm. This brief exchange served to manage the President's afternoon availability and coordinate his administrative workflow. The operator acknowledged the instruction and agreed to hold the calls as requested.
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NARA Description
On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 032-018
Date: October 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 373-10]
The President’s schedule
-Call to Joseph M. Margiotta
-Postponement of return call
-TimeAlso recorded on October 24, 1972
- 032-019 1:58 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 032-020 1:58 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 373-006 1:58 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:58 pm.
- 373-007 1:58 PM · 14 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 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 373-008 1:58 PM · 13 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 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 373-009 1:58 PM · 12 sec — 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 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 373-010 1:58 PM · 13 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 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm.
- 373-011 1:58 PM · 20 sec — 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 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-018, October 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-018 (accessed October 9, 2026).