Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 314 › Conversation 314-005

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

Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 3:41 PM–3:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation314-005 on Tape 314 (tape position 01:08:01–01:08:44)StartThursday, January 13, 1972 at 3:41 PMEndThursday, January 13, 1972 at 3:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 314-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator regarding an incoming or missed telephone communication. The President instructed the operator to have the unidentified party return his call. No further substantive policy matters or official developments were addressed during this brief exchange.

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He can call me back.

NARA Description

On January 13, 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 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 314-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 314-005

Date: January 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

     Return call by unknown person

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Also recorded on January 13, 1972

  • 314-002 3:41 PM · 5 min — 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 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
  • 314-003 3:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
  • 314-004 3:41 PM · 43 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 3:41 pm and 3:50 pm.
  • 314-010 3:45 PM · 7 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 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 314-011 3:45 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 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 018-085 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 314-006 3:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 314-007 3:52 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 3:55 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 314-005, January 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/314-005 (accessed September 29, 2026).