Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 313 › Conversation 313-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 2:54 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation313-012 on Tape 313 (tape position 00:13:46–00:14:07)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 2:54 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 2:54 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 313-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange functioned primarily as a routine administrative coordination to connect the President with an outside party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief logistical interaction.

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NARA Description

On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 313-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 313-12

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: 2:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 18-38]

Also recorded on January 10, 1972

018-037 2:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
313-010 2:51 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
313-011 2:51 PM · 7 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 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm.
018-038 2:54 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:54 pm.
018-107 2:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm.
313-013 2:54 PM · 10 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 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm.
313-014 2:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rogers C. B. Morton met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:58 pm to 3:00 pm.
313-015 3:00 PM · 30 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 3:00 pm and 3:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 313-012, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/313-012 (accessed September 29, 2026).