Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 307 › Conversation 307-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 12:34 PM–2:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation307-011 on Tape 307 (tape position 00:21:13–00:22:15)StartWednesday, December 8, 1971 at 12:34 PMEndWednesday, December 8, 1971 at 2:15 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 307-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone communication. This brief interaction functioned as a standard administrative exchange to initiate a connection with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief request for operator assistance.

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NARA Description

On December 8, 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 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 307-011

Date: December 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 16-49]

Also recorded on December 8, 1971

  • 307-001 12:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 307-002 12:34 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 307-003 12:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 307-004 12:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 307-005 12:34 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 307-006 12:34 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 307-007 12:34 PM · 28 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 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 307-008 12:34 PM · 37 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 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 307-011, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).