Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 328 › Conversation 328-017

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Clark MacGregor

Wednesday, March 29, 1972 · 12:57 PM–3:07 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation328-017 on Tape 328 (tape position 01:59:07–01:59:30)StartWednesday, March 29, 1972 at 12:57 PMEndWednesday, March 29, 1972 at 3:07 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 328-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Clark MacGregor. The request serves as a routine administrative coordination to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his staff. No further substantive discussion occurred during this brief interaction.

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McGregor, please.

NARA Description

On March 29, 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 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 328-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 328-17

Date: March 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 22-43]

Also recorded on March 29, 1972

  • 022-043 12:18 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-012 12:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-013 12:57 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, and Gen. William Westmoreland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-014 12:57 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Gen. William Westmoreland, Norman Vincent Peale, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-015 12:57 PM · 17 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 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-016 12:57 PM · 22 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 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 328-018 12:57 PM · 14 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 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
  • 696-002 12:57 PM · 58 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 4:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 328-017, March 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/328-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).