Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 322 › Conversation 322-032

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative staff

Thursday, March 9, 1972 · 12:59 PM–1:48 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation322-032 on Tape 322 (tape position 01:41:34–01:41:51)StartThursday, March 9, 1972 at 12:59 PMEndThursday, March 9, 1972 at 1:48 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 322-032 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal interaction with a White House operator in his Old Executive Office Building workspace. The dialogue consisted of a singular, non-substantive exclamation rather than a discussion of policy or administration business. No decisions or developments resulted from this brief exchange.

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Oh, my God.

NARA Description

On March 9, 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 12:59 pm and 1:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 322-32

Date: March 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:59 pm and 1:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 21-33]

Also recorded on March 9, 1972

  • 322-029 12:50 PM · 1 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 12:50 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 322-030 12:56 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:57 pm.
  • 322-031 12:58 PM · 12 sec — 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 12:58 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 322-033 1:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:48 pm to 1:51 pm.
  • 322-034 1:51 PM · 4 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 1:51 pm and 1:57 pm.
  • 322-035 1:57 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 322-036 2:10 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 2:30 pm.
  • 322-037 2:30 PM · 6 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 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 322-032, 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/322-032 (accessed September 22, 2026).