Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-010
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Baseball and Memorandum for the file
Tuesday, April 4, 1972 · 8:50 PM–9:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 42 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon dictated a memorandum for the file regarding the inclusion of professional baseball in a specific, unnamed deal. The President clarified his recollection of whether baseball interests were meant to be part of the negotiations. The brief recording serves as an official record to document his understanding of the agreement's terms.
- Baseball
- Memorandum for the file
- Negotiations
- Professional sports
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NARA Description
On April 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 329-10
Date: April 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:50 pm and 9:42 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/18/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[329-010-w001]
[Duration: 42s]
Baseball
-Arnold D. Palmer
-International club
-San Francisco
-Los Angeles [?]
-Chicago
-New York
-Canada
-Montreal
*****************************************************************Also recorded on April 5, 1972
- 022-076 8:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
- 329-001 8:15 PM · 7 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 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
- 329-002 8:15 PM · 24 sec — unknown person(s) and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
- 329-003 8:15 PM · 52 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 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm.
- 022-077 8:45 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:45 pm to 8:50 pm.
- 329-009 8:45 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:45 pm to 8:50 pm.
- 329-011 8:50 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:42 pm.
- 329-012 8:50 PM · 20 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 8:50 pm and 9:42 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 329-010, April 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-010 (accessed October 1, 2026).