Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 343 › Conversation 343-024

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 3:30 PM–3:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 32 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation343-024 on Tape 343 (tape position 00:57:18–00:57:47)StartWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 3:30 PMEndWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 3:56 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-024 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon held a brief interaction with the White House operator while located in his office at the Old Executive Office Building. The engagement was strictly administrative in nature, serving to facilitate a telephonic connection for the President. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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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 an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-024 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 343-24

Date: June 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:30 and 3:56 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 25-109]

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  • 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.
  • 343-021 3:30 PM · 15 sec — 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.
  • 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.

Conversation 343-024, 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/343-024 (accessed November 14, 2026).