Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 356 › Conversation 356-013

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

Monday, September 25, 1972 · 4:43 PM–5:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation356-013 on Tape 356StartMonday, September 25, 1972 at 4:43 PMEndMonday, September 25, 1972 at 5:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 356-013 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate a requested tour of the White House. The brief exchange involved an administrative request for access, seemingly involving a Mr. Duquette. No further policy or strategic developments are recorded in this fragment of the meeting.

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I'd like to come back in with Mr. Duquette to request a tour.
One moment.

On September 25, 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 4:43 pm and 5:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 356-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 356-13

Date: September 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:43 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

             Item for Charles W. Colson
                 -Meeting with the President
                      -Patrick J. Buchanan

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:16 pm.
  • 356-011 2:30 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:01 pm.
  • 786-023 3:04 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas W. Gleason, John Bowers, Lawrence G. Molloy, Charles W. Colson, Donald F. Rodgers, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:32 pm.
  • 786-024 3:33 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:33 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 786-025 3:35 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:35 pm to 4:41 pm.
  • 356-012 4:43 PM · 12 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 4:43 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 356-014 4:43 PM · 17 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 4:43 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 030-024 5:16 PM · 1 min — Charles W. Colson and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 6:10 pm.
  • 356-015 5:16 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Patrick J. Buchanan, and W. Richard Howard met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 6:10 pm.

Conversation 356-013, September 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/356-013 (accessed October 1, 2026).