Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 320 › Conversation 320-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Walter Ryland

Tuesday, February 8, 1972 · 12:23 PM–12:28 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation320-008 on Tape 320 (tape position 00:20:54–00:21:36)StartTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 12:23 PMEndTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 12:28 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 320-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to Walter Ryland, the father of Dr. Ryland. The President provided the operator with Ryland’s specific address in Scarsdale, New York, to ensure the correct individual was reached. No further substantive policy matters or political discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.

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I wonder if you could get me Mr. Walter Ryland.
He's the father of Dr. Ryland.
Yeah, he's in Brooklyn, Tennessee.
He's in 11 Warwick Avenue, Scarsdale, New York.
Dr. Mr. Walter Ryland.

NARA Description

On February 8, 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 12:23 pm and 12:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 320-8

Date: February 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:23 am and 12:28 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 20-56]

Also recorded on February 8, 1972

  • 667-002 12:20 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 5:13 pm.
  • 667-004 12:20 PM · 30 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 5:13 pm.
  • 320-007 12:23 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:28 pm.
  • 020-057 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. Walter Riland talked on the telephone from 12:28 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 320-009 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. W. Kenneth Riland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:28 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 320-010 12:29 PM · 4 sec — 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 12:29 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 320-011 12:29 PM · 4 sec — 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 12:29 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 320-012 12:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 2:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 320-008, February 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/320-008 (accessed October 2, 2026).