Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-022

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telecommunications

Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 4:45 PM–4:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation353-022 on Tape 353StartThursday, August 3, 1972 at 4:45 PMEndThursday, August 3, 1972 at 4:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 353-022 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused on establishing a connection to a specific party, serving as a procedural step in the President's daily communication workflow. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief interaction.

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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 4:45 pm and 4:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 353-22

Date: August 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 4:57 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 29-9]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 353-023 4:57 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:57 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 353-024 5:00 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:00 pm to 5:57 pm.

Conversation 353-022, 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/353-022 (accessed October 1, 2026).