Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 313 › Conversation 313-029

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Monday, January 10, 1972 · 5:28 PM–5:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation313-029 on Tape 313 (tape position 01:42:33–01:42:51)StartMonday, January 10, 1972 at 5:28 PMEndMonday, January 10, 1972 at 5:29 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 313-029 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to initiate a phone connection. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate external communication. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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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 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 313-029 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 313-29

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 18-53]

Also recorded on January 10, 1972

  • 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.
  • 313-027 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.
  • 018-052 5:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:27 pm to 5:28 pm.
  • 313-028 5:27 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:27 pm to 5:28 pm.
  • 018-053 5:28 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm.
  • 018-054 5:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 313-030 5:29 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, John A. Schneider, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:29 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 018-055 5:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 313-029, 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/313-029 (accessed September 24, 2026).