Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 313 › Conversation 313-023

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Robert Dole

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 5:11 PM–5:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation313-023 on Tape 313 (tape position 01:33:59–01:34:20)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 5:11 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 5:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 313-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate a connection with Senator Robert Dole. The brief interaction serves as a routine administrative request to place a telephone call to the Senator. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short exchange, as it primarily serves to connect the President with a member of Congress.

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Senator Dole, please.

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 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 313-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 313-23

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 18-48]

Also recorded on January 10, 1972

  • 018-048 5:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 018-049 5:11 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 313-024 5:11 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 5:11 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 018-050 5:16 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Herbert G. Klein talked on the telephone from 5:16 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 313-025 5:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Herbert G. Klein met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 018-051 5:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:24 pm.
  • 313-026 5:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:21 pm to 5:24 pm.
  • 313-027 5:24 PM · 13 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 5:24 pm and 5:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 313-023, 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/313-023 (accessed September 24, 2026).