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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on environmental noise

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 2:54 PM–2:58 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation313-013 on Tape 313 (tape position 00:14:07–00:14:21)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 2:54 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 2:58 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 313-013 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185555 ↗

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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 an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 313-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 313-13

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 18-107]

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I hear a barking chase.

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.
  • 313-012 2:54 PM · 11 sec — 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.
  • 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 313-013, January 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185555). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/313-013 (accessed November 13, 2026).