Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 322 › Conversation 322-025

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on personal correspondence

Tuesday, March 7, 1972 · 2:18 PM–2:26 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation322-025 on Tape 322 (tape position 01:11:46–01:12:11)StartTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 2:18 PMEndTuesday, March 7, 1972 at 2:26 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 322-025 ↗

President Nixon interacts with a White House operator regarding a personal financial or administrative matter involving a payment. The brief exchange concerns the status of a transaction related to individuals identified as the "wellers." No further policy or significant political actions are initiated during this short communication.

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No, but the wellers did get down paid for me.

On March 7, 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 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 322-25

Date: March 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 21-14]
  • 021-011 2:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Colmer talked on the telephone from 2:15 pm to 2:17 pm.
  • 322-023 2:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William M. Colmer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 2:17 pm.
  • 021-012 2:18 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:18 pm.
  • 021-013 2:18 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 021-014 2:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 322-024 2:18 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 2:18 pm.
  • 021-015 2:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.
  • 322-026 2:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.

Conversation 322-025, March 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-025 (accessed October 2, 2026).