Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 332 › Conversation 332-003
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telephony
Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 8:05 PM–8:18 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator during an evening session in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief interaction focused on facilitating telephonic communications, though the specific parties intended for contact remain undocumented. No policy decisions or substantive political developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
Audio
part A, 2:19
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:02:19 to 00:03:08 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.
NARA Description
On April 18, 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 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 332-3
Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 23-26]Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on April 18, 1972
- 023-026 8:05 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
- 023-027 8:05 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
- 332-001 8:05 PM · 26 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 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
- 332-002 8:05 PM · 33 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 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
- 332-004 8:05 PM · 21 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 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm.
- 023-028 8:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:18 pm to 8:24 pm.
- 332-005 8:18 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:18 pm to 8:24 pm.
- 023-029 8:24 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:24 pm and 8:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 332-003, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/332-003 (accessed November 15, 2026).