Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 355 › Conversation 355-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Charles W. Colson

Tuesday, October 3, 1972 · 2:09 PM–2:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation355-011 on Tape 355StartTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 2:09 PMEndTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 2:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 355-011 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual to receive an update regarding pending communications from the police. This encounter served as a precursor to a scheduled meeting with Charles W. Colson. The discussion remained limited, concluding shortly after the notification of the incoming inquiries.

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We do have a couple of calls from the police.

On October 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 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 355-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 355-11

Date: October 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

        The President's schedule
            -Meeting with Charles W. Colson

Unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.
  • 030-048 2:07 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm.
  • 355-009 2:07 PM · 8 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 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm.
  • 030-049 2:08 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
  • 355-010 2:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
  • 030-050 2:09 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 355-012 2:09 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 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 030-051 2:10 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:10 pm to 2:11 pm.
  • 355-013 2:10 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 2:11 pm.

Conversation 355-011, 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/355-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).