Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 314 › Conversation 314-010
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Tobacco
Thursday, January 13, 1972 · 3:45 PM–4:12 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown individual in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, seven-second exchange. The conversation focused on a request for tobacco. No further significant policy matters or substantive political developments were recorded during this brief interaction.
- Tobacco
- Personal request
- Old Executive Office Building
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NARA Description
On January 13, 1972, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 314-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 314-010 Date: January 18, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 4:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown man. ********************************************************************** Page | 22 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/25/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [314-010-w001] [Duration: 7s] Request -Tobacco ********************************************************************** The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:12 pm.
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.
- 314-005 3:41 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 an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:50 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 314-010, 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/314-010 (accessed September 29, 2026).