Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Tuesday, April 11, 1972 · 1:14 PM–2:06 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation329-020 on Tape 329 (tape position 01:18:42–01:18:54)StartTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 1:14 PMEndTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 2:06 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 329-020 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, informal interaction with a White House operator in the Executive Office Building. The dialogue primarily concerned internal office logistics and the coordination of telecommunications. No major policy decisions or significant political developments resulted from this brief exchange.

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I'm the director of the office.
I got it.

On April 11, 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 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-020 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 329-20

Date: April 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 22-108]
  • 329-015 12:35 PM · 18 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 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 329-016 12:37 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 022-106 12:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
  • 329-017 12:40 PM · 4 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 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
  • 329-018 12:40 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 1:12 pm.
  • 022-107 1:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 329-019 1:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:12 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 022-108 1:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm.

Conversation 329-020, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-020 (accessed October 1, 2026).