Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 351 › Conversation 351-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 3:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation351-015 on Tape 351StartTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 3:05 PMEndTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 3:05 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 351-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief, routine request for a telephone connection through the White House operator. The conversation served primarily as a functional administrative exchange to facilitate an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this short interaction.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Commence, please.
Still commence.

NARA Description

On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 351-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 351-15

Date: August 1, 1972
Time: 3:05 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 28-31]

Also recorded on August 1, 1972

  • 028-031 2:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:05 pm.
  • 351-011 2:40 PM · 13 sec — 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 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 351-012 2:40 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 351-013 2:50 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 3:04 pm.
  • 351-014 3:04 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:04 pm.
  • 028-032 3:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:10 pm.
  • 351-016 3:05 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 028-033 3:26 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 3:26 pm to 3:29 pm.

All 73 conversations from August 1, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 351-015, August 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/351-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).