Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 317 › Conversation 317-016

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Monday, January 24, 1972 · 4:20 PM–4:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation317-016 on Tape 317 (tape position 02:09:56–02:10:52)StartMonday, January 24, 1972 at 4:20 PMEndMonday, January 24, 1972 at 4:27 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 317-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion served as a logistical bridge to connect the President with a subsequent party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this brief administrative exchange.

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We're gonna get our place.

NARA Description

On January 24, 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 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 317-016
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 19-52]

Also recorded on January 24, 1972

  • 019-049 3:46 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Adele (Langston) Rogers talked on the telephone from 3:46 pm to 3:47 pm.
  • 019-050 4:05 PM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 019-051 4:05 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger, William L. Safire, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:20 pm.
  • 019-052 4:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm.
  • 019-053 4:27 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 317-017 4:27 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 317-018 4:55 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:55 pm.
  • 654-001 4:55 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William S. White, unknown person(s), Peter M. Flanigan, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 6:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 317-016, January 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-016 (accessed October 6, 2026).