Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 312 › Conversation 312-028

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Tuesday, January 11, 1972 · 3:49 PM–4:02 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation312-028 on Tape 312 (tape position 03:48:58–03:49:10)StartTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 3:49 PMEndTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 4:02 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 312-028 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a standard administrative precursor to initiating communication with an external party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief operational exchange.

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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 03:48:58 into the tape and ends around 03:49:10.

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On January 11, 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 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-028 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 312-28

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 18-67]
  • 018-066 3:43 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 312-026 3:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 018-067 3:49 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 312-027 3:49 PM · 1 min — 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 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 018-068 4:02 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 312-029 4:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 018-069 4:03 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 312-030 4:03 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 an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm.

Conversation 312-028, January 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-028 (accessed September 29, 2026).