Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 311 › Conversation 311-024
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…
Saturday, January 1, 1972 · 2:43 PM–3:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon initiated a brief communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. While no transcript exists to detail the specific substance of the dialogue, the call serves as a brief administrative interaction between the President and telecommunications staff. The exchange appears to be a routine logistical contact typical of the President's daily operational workflow.
- White House administration
- Telecommunications
- Nixon daily operations
- Executive Office Building
Audio
Download MP3 (part 1) · 112.4 MB ·Download MP3 (part 2) · 61.7 MB
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:49:08 into the tape and ends around 00:49:11.
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On January 1, 1972, 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 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 311-24 Date: January 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-133]
Also recorded on January 1, 1972
- 017-130 2:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Abplanalp talked on the telephone from 2:42 pm to 2:43 pm.
- 311-021 2:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Abplanalp met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:42 pm to 2:43 pm.
- 017-131 2:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 017-132 2:43 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 017-133 2:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 311-022 2:43 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 3:56 pm.
- 311-023 2:43 PM · 8 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 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 311-025 2:43 PM · 26 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 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 311-024, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/311-024 (accessed October 11, 2026).