Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 304 › Conversation 304-014
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Patrick J. Buchanan
Monday, October 25, 1971 · 3:15 PM–3:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to his advisor, Patrick J. Buchanan. The conversation served exclusively as a procedural request to initiate this communication. No further policy matters or substantive discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.
- Patrick J. Buchanan
- White House communications
- Presidential scheduling
- Operational support
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NARA Description
On October 25, 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 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 304-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 304-14
Date: October 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 12-118]
Request for a call to Patrick J. BuchananAlso recorded on October 25, 1971
- 012-116 3:01 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 3:01 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 304-009 3:01 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:01 pm to 3:11 pm.
- 012-117 3:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 304-010 3:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:12 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 012-118 3:15 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
- 304-011 3:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
- 304-012 3:15 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
- 304-013 3:15 PM · 15 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 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 304-014, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/304-014 (accessed October 9, 2026).