Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 359 › Conversation 359-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Wayne N. Aspinall

Thursday, September 14, 1972 · 2:39 PM–2:44 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation359-011 onTape 359StartThursday, September 14, 1972 at 2:39 PMEndThursday, September 14, 1972 at 2:44 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 359-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall. The President specifically requested that Aspinall be informed regarding the logistics of retrieving a vehicle. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Congressman, ask them to haul the car out, please.

NARA Description

On September 14, 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 2:39 pm and 2:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 359-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 359-11

Date: September 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 2:44 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

                                        (rev. Oct-06)

The President talked with the White House operator.

             Request for a call to Wayne N. Aspinall

Also recorded on September 14, 1972

  • 359-010 1:42 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 1:42 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 776-018 1:43 PM · 24 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 359-012 2:39 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:44 pm.
  • 359-013 2:44 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Wayne N. Aspinall met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:44 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 359-014 2:45 PM · 9 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 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 359-015 2:50 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 3:41 pm.
  • 777-001 3:41 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:49 pm.
  • 777-002 3:49 PM · 2 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, John B. Connally, Herbert Stein, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:49 pm to 5:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 359-011, September 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/359-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).