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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Monday, January 17, 1972 · 2:15 PM–2:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation315-015 on Tape 315 (tape position 01:06:10–01:06:44)StartMonday, January 17, 1972 at 2:15 PMEndMonday, January 17, 1972 at 2:29 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 315-015 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This brief interaction served as a procedural step to connect the President with a specific party for an undisclosed matter. No further substantive policy or strategic discussions occurred during this brief exchange.

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On January 17, 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 2:15 pm and 2:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 315-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 315-15

Date: January 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 2:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 19-9]
  • 315-014 1:50 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Marjorie P. Acker, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 2:15 pm.
  • 315-016 2:29 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:29 pm to 2:34 pm.
  • 315-017 2:34 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 3:43 pm.
  • 315-018 2:34 PM · 35 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 2:34 pm and 3:43 pm.
  • 315-019 2:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger Staubach met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 3:43 pm.
  • 018-089 2:39 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:43 pm.
  • 315-004 2:39 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:43 pm.
  • 018-090 2:43 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 2:47 pm.

Conversation 315-015, January 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/315-015 (accessed September 29, 2026).