Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 315 › Conversation 315-018
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator
Monday, January 17, 1972 · 2:34 PM–3:43 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 38 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon, while in his office in the Old Executive Office Building, initiated a call to the White House operator. The primary purpose of this brief interaction was to arrange a callback. Nixon indicated he was in the EOB and ready to receive a call back from the operator.
- White House operator
- Presidential office
- Callback request
- Executive Office Building
Audio
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Position in tape: 01:39:12 – 01:39:47
part A, 1:40:51
NARA Description
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 2:34 pm and 3:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 315-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 315-18 Date: January 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:34 pm and 3:43 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 19-11]
Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 17, 1972
- 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.
- 315-019 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.
- 315-005 2:43 PM · 18 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 2:43 pm and 2:47 pm.
- 018-091 2:47 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 3:10 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 315-018, 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/315-018 (accessed November 13, 2026).