Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 328 › Conversation 328-028

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative tasks

Monday, April 3, 1972 · 1:28 PM–2:43 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation328-028 on Tape 328 (tape position 03:19:56–03:20:14)StartMonday, April 3, 1972 at 1:28 PMEndMonday, April 3, 1972 at 2:43 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 328-028 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to facilitate a mundane administrative or personal request. The participant agreed to provide the President with an envelope containing 20 cents, presumably for postage or a similar small transaction. No substantive policy matters or significant political developments were discussed during this brief exchange.

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I wondered if you could bring me another envelope with 20 cents, please.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
Fine.
Thank you.

On April 3, 1972, 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 1:28 pm and 2:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 328-028 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 328-28
Date: April 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 2:43 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     Request
         -Envelope
  • 328-025 12:55 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:55 pm to 1:28 pm.
  • 328-026 1:28 PM · 29 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 1:28 pm and 2:43 pm.
  • 328-027 1:28 PM · 6 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 1:28 pm and 2:43 pm.
  • 328-029 1:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 2:43 pm.
  • 328-030 2:43 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 3:05 pm.
  • 328-031 3:05 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm.
  • 328-032 3:05 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm.
  • 328-033 3:05 PM · 15 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 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm.

Conversation 328-028, April 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/328-028 (accessed October 1, 2026).