Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 328 › Conversation 328-033

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Washington Post

Monday, April 3, 1972 · 3:05 PM–3:19 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation328-033 on Tape 328 (tape position 03:50:18–03:50:47)StartMonday, April 3, 1972 at 3:05 PMEndMonday, April 3, 1972 at 3:19 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 328-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call through the White House operator to be connected to the Washington Post. The brief exchange serves as a logistical step to facilitate communication with the newspaper's offices. No further substantive discussion occurs during this interaction.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.6 MB

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Post, please.
Yeah.

NARA Description

On April 3, 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 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 328-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 328-33

Date: April 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 22-66]

Also recorded on April 3, 1972

  • 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.
  • 328-034 3:05 PM · 12 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 3:05 pm and 3:19 pm.
  • 022-067 3:19 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:19 pm to 3:33 pm.
  • 328-035 3:19 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:19 pm to 3:33 pm.
  • 328-036 3:55 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:26 pm.
  • 700-009 4:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:27 pm to 4:31 pm.

All 31 conversations from April 3, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 328-033, 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/328-033 (accessed October 1, 2026).