Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 343 › Conversation 343-021

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Small talk and Weather

Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 3:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation343-021 on Tape 343 (tape position 00:51:44–00:51:56)StartWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 3:30 PMEndWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 3:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-021 ↗

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NARA Description

On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 343-21
Date: June 21, 1972
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 25-108]

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Boy, isn't that a nasty day out there?
Yeah.
It's been one of those days, yeah.
Would you, I thought it'd be, uh, you might, uh, you know, around three, you might, you might get, you might get, uh, smaller.

Also recorded on June 21, 1972

  • 025-107 3:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 025-109 3:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:56 pm.
  • 025-138 3:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 343-019 3:15 PM · 8 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 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 025-108 3:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:30 pm.
  • 343-022 3:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm.
  • 343-023 3:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm.
  • 343-024 3:30 PM · 32 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 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 343-021, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/343-021 (accessed November 14, 2026).