Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 302 › Conversation 302-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Charles W. Colson

Friday, October 29, 1971 · 2:41 PM–2:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation302-012 on Tape 302 (tape position 00:11:30–00:11:42)StartFriday, October 29, 1971 at 2:41 PMEndFriday, October 29, 1971 at 2:42 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 302-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417184991 ↗

A 4-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On October 29, 1971, 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 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 302-12

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:41 pm -and 2:42 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 13-30]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 013-029 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm.
  • 302-011 2:39 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:41 pm.
  • 013-030 2:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:42 pm.
  • 013-031 2:42 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 2:42 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 302-013 2:42 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:42 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 013-032 2:58 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:58 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 013-033 2:59 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:06 pm.
  • 302-014 3:05 PM · 6 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 3:05 pm and 3:06 pm.

Conversation 302-012, October 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184991). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-012 (accessed November 14, 2026).