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

Tuesday, January 25, 1972 · 5:32 PM–6:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation316-017 on Tape 316 (tape position 02:54:37–02:55:04)StartTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 5:32 PMEndTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 6:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 316-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite. The brief recording contains a withdrawn segment of personal material, rendering the substance of the discussion inaccessible. No further information regarding the purpose, key topics, or outcomes of this meeting is available due to the lack of a transcript.

Audio

part B, 52:17

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 02:54:37 to 02:55:04 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On January 25, 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 5:32 pm and 6:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 316-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 316-17

Date: January 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:32 pm and 6:31 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 21s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:31 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on January 25, 1972

  • 019-059 4:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm.
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  • 316-012 4:36 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 316-013 4:36 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 5:30 pm.
  • 019-060 5:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:30 pm to 5:32 pm.
  • 316-015 5:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:30 pm to 5:32 pm.
  • 316-016 5:32 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 6:32 pm.
  • 316-018 5:32 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Marjorie P. Acker, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 6:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 316-017, January 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/316-017 (accessed November 11, 2026).