Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 322 › Conversation 322-042

Nixon & Manarin on White House administration and Henry Kissinger

Thursday, March 9, 1972 · 2:40 PM–4:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Manarin, RosemaryConversation322-042 on Tape 322 (tape position 02:16:04–02:17:21)StartThursday, March 9, 1972 at 2:40 PMEndThursday, March 9, 1972 at 4:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 322-042 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to dictate a memorandum intended for National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. The primary purpose of the recording was to establish directives regarding the distribution of sensitive materials, including instructions to provide a blind copy to Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. This exchange served as a procedural step in managing the circulation of classified correspondence within the inner circle of the administration.

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NARA Description

On March 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rosemary Manarin met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-042 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 322-42

Date: March 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person [Rose Mary Woods]

     Taped memorandum to Henry A. Kissinger
          -Distribution
                -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                      -Blind copy

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 322-042, March 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-042 (accessed October 3, 2026).