Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 359 › Conversation 359-008
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Social interaction
Tuesday, September 12, 1972 · 1:17 PM–2:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified woman. The discussion remained peripheral to policy, consisting primarily of casual social exchanges regarding scheduling and personal plans. The meeting concluded when the woman departed shortly before the President transitioned to subsequent engagements with H.R. Haldeman.
- Presidential schedule
- Social interaction
- White House personnel
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NARA Description
On September 12, 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 1:17 pm and 2:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 359-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 359-8
Date: September 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:17 pm and 2:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown woman.
The President's schedule
-Telephone call
-Unknown person’s schedule
-Meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 2:35 pm.Also recorded on September 12, 1972
- 775-009 12:19 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John Jarman, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 775-010 12:28 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:28 pm.
- 775-011 12:28 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Walter J. Hickel, White House photographer, Clark MacGregor, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 775-012 1:15 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:17 pm.
- 775-013 1:15 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:17 pm.
- 359-005 1:17 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 1:17 pm and 2:35 pm.
- 359-006 1:17 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 1:17 pm and 2:35 pm.
- 359-007 1:17 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:17 pm and 2:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 359-008, September 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/359-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).