Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 4:15 PM–4:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation353-020 on Tape 353StartThursday, August 3, 1972 at 4:15 PMEndThursday, August 3, 1972 at 4:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 353-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication. This brief administrative interaction served the purpose of establishing a connection for the President to conduct official business. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief bridge to a subsequent conversation.

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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 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 353-20

Date: August 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 29-6]

Also recorded on August 3, 1972

  • 029-006 4:15 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm.
  • 353-019 4:15 PM · 14 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 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm.
  • 353-021 4:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:45 pm.
  • 029-007 4:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:30 pm to 4:33 pm.
  • 029-008 4:44 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 4:44 pm to 4:45 pm.
  • 029-009 4:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 4:57 pm.
  • 353-022 4:45 PM · 6 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 4:45 pm and 4:47 pm.
  • 029-010 4:57 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John C. Stennis talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 353-020, 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/353-020 (accessed October 1, 2026).