Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 332 › Conversation 332-015

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential Records and Memorandum

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 1:10 PM–2:46 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation332-015 on Tape 332 (tape position 00:24:02–00:24:07)StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 1:10 PMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 2:46 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 332-015 ↗

President Nixon utilized this session in the Old Executive Office Building to record a formal memorandum for the official record. The meeting served as a brief administrative exercise intended to document specific information for the White House files. Due to the unavailability of a transcript and the presence of withdrawn material, the exact subject matter of this dictation remains classified or restricted.

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On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 332-15

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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  • 023-051 1:10 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-010 1:10 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 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-011 1:10 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-012 1:10 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-013 1:10 PM · 41 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 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 332-014 1:10 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 1:10 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 714-017 1:10 PM · 39 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 4:13 pm.
  • 714-018 1:10 PM · 4 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 4:18 pm.

Conversation 332-015, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/332-015 (accessed October 1, 2026).