Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 332 › Conversation 332-017
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential records and Memorandum
Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 2:48 PM–3:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon utilized the recording session in his Old Executive Office Building suite to dictate a memorandum for the official record. The substance of this dictation remains restricted as a personal returnable item, meaning no information regarding specific policy decisions or internal communications is publicly available. This brief recorded period served primarily as a procedural tool for the President to formalize administrative documentation.
Audio
Download MP3 (part 1) · 111.9 MB ·Download MP3 (part 2) · 111.7 MB ·Download MP3 (part 3) · 111.8 MB
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:26:25 into the tape and ends around 00:31:36.
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.
NARA Description
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 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 332-17 Date: April 20, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President dictated a memorandum for the file. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on April 20, 1972
- 023-052 2:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:46 pm to 2:48 pm.
- 332-016 2:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:46 pm to 2:48 pm.
- 023-053 2:48 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 332-018 2:48 PM · 22 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 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm.
- 023-054 3:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:08 pm to 3:09 pm.
- 332-019 3:08 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:08 pm to 3:09 pm.
- 332-020 3:09 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 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 023-055 3:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 332-017, 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/332-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).