Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 321 › Conversation 321-022

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential…

Wednesday, March 8, 1972 · 2:45 PM–3:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation321-022 on Tape 321 (tape position 02:15:55–02:16:10)StartWednesday, March 8, 1972 at 2:45 PMEndWednesday, March 8, 1972 at 3:55 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 321-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to address a request previously submitted to the administration. During the discussion, the President formally moved for the cancellation of this pending request. No further details regarding the nature of the request or the identity of the interlocutor are discernable from the available record.

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NARA Description

On March 8, 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 2:45 pm and 3:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 321-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 321-22

Date: March 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 3:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     Cancellation of request

Also recorded on March 8, 1972

  • 021-034 1:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 1:48 pm to 1:51 pm.
  • 021-035 1:51 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 1:57 pm.
  • 021-036 1:57 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 021-037 1:58 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 321-021 2:15 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 021-038 2:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Irwin, II talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 321-023 2:45 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 2:45 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 321-024 3:55 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 321-022, March 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/321-022 (accessed October 2, 2026).