Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-017
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telephone protocols
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 2:27 PM–2:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, three-minute meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite. The dialogue is fragmentary, consisting only of a cryptic reference to a phone call that the President initiated himself. Due to the lack of further transcript evidence, no substantive policy discussions or specific action items were recorded during this interaction.
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NARA Description
On August 3, 1972, 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 353-17
Date: August 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person.
A call from the President
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:30 pm.Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 029-002 2:24 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:24 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 353-013 2:24 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:24 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 029-003 2:27 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-014 2:27 PM · 10 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-015 2:27 PM · 8 sec — 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-016 2:27 PM · 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 029-004 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwayne O. Andreas talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 353-018 2:30 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwayne O. Andreas, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 353-017, 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/353-017 (accessed October 1, 2026).