Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 312 › Conversation 312-010

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on International Trade

Sunday, January 9, 1972 · 1:28 PM–1:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation312-010 on Tape 312 (tape position 00:21:39–00:22:05)StartSunday, January 9, 1972 at 1:28 PMEndSunday, January 9, 1972 at 1:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 312-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown individual to discuss international trade relations, specifically referencing a representative from the Japanese Ministry of Trade. The brief exchange focused on identifying a specific official, Kanaka, associated with the ministry. No major policy decisions were recorded during this short, fragmented interaction.

Audio

part A, 21:39

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NARA Description

On January 9, 1972, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 312-10

Date: January 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 1:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:35 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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That was his true daughter of, uh, the Japanese Ministry of Trade, Kanaka.

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.
  • 312-008 1:18 PM · 44 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 · 9 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 · 54 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 312-010, 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/312-010 (accessed November 1, 2026).