Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 11:49 AM–12:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation353-004 on Tape 353StartThursday, August 3, 1972 at 11:49 AMEndThursday, August 3, 1972 at 12:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 353-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This exchange served a purely logistical purpose, functioning as a routine request for telephone connectivity. No policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief interaction.

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NARA Description

On August 3, 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 11:49 am and 12:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 353-4

Date: August 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:49 am and 12:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 28-54]

Also recorded on August 3, 1972

  • 028-050 11:33 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:33 am.
  • 028-051 11:33 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:33 am and 11:37 am.
  • 760-015 11:38 AM · 51 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:38 am and 11:41 am.
  • 028-053 11:43 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:49 am.
  • 353-001 11:43 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:49 am.
  • 028-054 11:49 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 353-002 11:49 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:10 pm.
  • 353-003 11:49 AM · 9 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 11:49 am and 12:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 353-004, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/353-004 (accessed October 1, 2026).