Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 321 › Conversation 321-028
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive Office…
Wednesday, March 8, 1972 · 4:43 PM–4:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite. The interaction appears to have been an immediate response to an urgent or startling development, indicated by an audible expression of distress. No formal policy agenda or legislative action was finalized during this fleeting encounter.
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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 4:43 pm and 4:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 321-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 321-28
Date: March 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:43 pm and 4:56 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
Request for unknown person to come to the Executive Office Building [EOB]Also recorded on March 8, 1972
- 321-025 4:35 PM · 2 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 4:35 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 321-026 4:35 PM · 5 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 4:35 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 021-023 4:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:43 pm.
- 321-027 4:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 4:43 pm.
- 021-024 4:56 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 4:56 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 321-029 4:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:56 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 321-030 5:01 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:03 pm.
- 321-031 5:03 PM · 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:03 pm to 5:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 321-028, 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/321-028 (accessed October 2, 2026).