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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…

Tuesday, October 3, 1972 · 12:50 PM–12:59 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation355-003 on Tape 355StartTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 12:50 PMEndTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 12:59 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 355-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal exchange with a White House operator while located in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily serves as a fragment of administrative communication, with the President offering a casual remark about an unspecified subject. No policy decisions, political strategy, or significant administrative actions were recorded during this interaction.

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NARA Description

On October 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 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 355-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 355-3

Date: October 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 30-44]

Also recorded on October 3, 1972

  • 030-044 12:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 355-001 12:50 PM · 1 min — 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 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 355-002 12:50 PM · 13 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 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 791-008 12:50 PM · 24 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 3:25 pm.
  • 030-045 12:59 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm.
  • 355-004 12:59 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm.
  • 030-046 1:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:56 pm.
  • 355-005 1:00 PM · 13 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 1:00 pm and 1:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 355-003, October 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/355-003 (accessed October 1, 2026).