Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 307 › Conversation 307-023
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator
Wednesday, December 8, 1971 · 3:44 PM–3:46 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon interacts with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange serves as a procedural step for establishing telephonic communication. No substantive policy matters or significant decisions were addressed during this short administrative interaction.
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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 3:44 pm and 3:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 307-023
Date: December 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:44 pm and 3:46 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 16-57]Also recorded on December 8, 1971
- 016-055 3:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur S. Flemming talked on the telephone from 3:40 pm to 3:42 pm.
- 016-056 3:43 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 307-021 3:43 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 016-057 3:44 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:46 pm.
- 307-022 3:44 PM · 13 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 3:44 pm and 3:46 pm.
- 307-024 3:44 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:44 pm to 3:46 pm.
- 016-058 3:46 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:46 pm to 3:55 pm.
- 307-025 3:46 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:46 pm to 3:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 307-023, 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/307-023 (accessed October 12, 2026).