Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 312 › Conversation 312-008
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential Records
Sunday, January 9, 1972 · 1:18 PM–1:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session in his Old Executive Office Building suite to record a memorandum for the file. This process involved playing back previous audio to document or clarify specific administrative records. The action served as a self-directed effort to maintain an official account of sensitive executive deliberations.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On January 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 312-8 Date: January 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President played back and dictated a memorandum for the file. [This is a continuation of Conversation No. 312-6.] ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 35s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 **********************************************************************
Also recorded on January 9, 1972
- 018-020 1:18 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm.
- 018-021 1:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 1:25 pm to 1:28 pm.
- 312-009 1:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:25 pm to 1:28 pm.
- 312-010 1:28 PM · 26 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 1:28 pm and 1:35 pm.
- 018-022 1:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:35 pm.
- 312-011 1:35 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:35 pm.
- 312-012 1:35 PM · 51 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 1:35 pm and 2:56 pm.
- 312-013 1:35 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 312-008, January 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-008 (accessed October 23, 2026).