Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 322 › Conversation 322-055

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Tuesday, March 14, 1972 · 3:52 PM–4:18 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation322-055 on Tape 322 (tape position 03:37:44–03:38:05)StartTuesday, March 14, 1972 at 3:52 PMEndTuesday, March 14, 1972 at 4:18 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 322-055 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a phone call for him. The brief exchange focused solely on the mechanics of connecting the President to an intended recipient. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were addressed during this interaction.

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NARA Description

On March 14, 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 3:52 pm and 4:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-055 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 322-55

Date: March 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:52 pm and 4:18 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 21-67]

Also recorded on March 14, 1972

  • 685-016 3:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 3:37 pm.
  • 685-017 3:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 3:37 pm.
  • 685-018 3:37 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Tricia Nixon Cox, Luci Johnson Nugent, Patrick L. Nugent, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:37 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 685-019 3:49 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:49 pm.
  • 685-020 3:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:49 pm to 3:52 pm.
  • 685-022 3:52 PM · 47 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield, United States Secret Service agents, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:52 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 021-068 4:18 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:18 pm to 4:34 pm.
  • 322-056 4:18 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:18 pm to 4:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 322-055, March 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-055 (accessed October 3, 2026).