Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 354 › Conversation 354-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential staff

Friday, October 6, 1972 · 12:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation354-014 on Tape 354StartFriday, October 6, 1972 at 12:30 PMEndFriday, October 6, 1972 at 12:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 354-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon interacts with a White House operator during a brief, informal moment in the Executive Office Building. The exchange appears to be casual in nature, focusing on physical positioning or movement within the office space. No substantive policy matters or official administrative decisions are addressed in this short segment.

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But you'll have to just turn around.
Cross your hands, please.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 354-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 354-14

Date: October 6, 1972
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 31-10]

Also recorded on October 6, 1972

  • 031-010 12:29 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 354-011 12:29 PM · 9 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 354-012 12:29 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 354-013 12:29 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 365-001 12:29 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
  • 365-002 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
  • 365-003 12:29 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
  • 354-015 12:30 PM · 41 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 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 354-014, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/354-014 (accessed October 1, 2026).