Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 340 › Conversation 340-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 1:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation340-004 on Tape 340 (tape position 00:05:21–00:05:34)StartTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 1:20 PMEndTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 1:20 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 340-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building to place a call. This brief exchange served administrative purposes related to the President's telecommunications needs. The interaction reflects the routine logistical operations of the White House internal switchboard.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 340-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 340-4

Date: May 16, 1972
Time: 1:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator; the discontinuities in this conversation
appear in the original recording.

[See also Conversation No. 24-151]

Also recorded on May 16, 1972

  • 340-001 1:12 PM · 21 sec — 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 1:13 pm.
  • 340-002 1:13 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:19 pm.
  • 340-003 1:19 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:19 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 024-151 1:20 PM · 0 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:20 pm.
  • 024-168 1:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:20 pm to 1:22 pm.
  • 340-005 1:20 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:20 pm to 1:22 pm.
  • 024-152 1:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:50 pm.
  • 340-006 1:22 PM · 3 min — 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 1:22 pm and 3:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 340-004, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/340-004 (accessed October 9, 2026).