Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 331 › Conversation 331-004
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Monday, April 17, 1972 · 2:28 PM–2:36 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation, which lasted only eight minutes, appears to contain a singular, reactionary remark regarding an unspecified negative development. No substantive policy discussions, political strategy, or actionable directives were captured on the recording.
- Presidential meetings
- General conversation
- Historical ambiguity
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NARA Description
On April 17, 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 2:28 pm and 2:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 331-4
Date: April 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:36 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/15/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[331-004-w001]
[Duration: 5s]
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**************************************************************************Also recorded on April 17, 1972
- 331-001 2:09 PM · 3 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 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 331-002 2:10 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 023-005 2:28 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:36 pm.
- 331-003 2:28 PM · 4 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 2:28 pm and 2:36 pm.
- 023-006 2:36 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:36 pm to 2:43 pm.
- 331-005 2:36 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:36 pm to 2:43 pm.
- 023-007 2:43 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 2:43 pm to 2:50 pm.
- 331-006 2:43 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 2:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 331-004, April 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/331-004 (accessed October 1, 2026).