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

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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and a White House operator engage in a brief, informal exchange regarding the inclement weather conditions. The conversation serves as casual small talk rather than a substantive policy discussion. No official decisions or significant administrative actions resulted from this interaction.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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51:52Boy, isn't that a nasty day out there?
51:54Yeah.
51:54It's been one of those days, yeah.
51:55Would you, I thought it'd be, uh, you might, uh, you know, around three, you might, you might, uh, you might, uh, you might, uh, you might, uh, you might, uh, Oh, you get it, okay.

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]

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 · 5 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 · 29 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 September 30, 2026).