Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 362 › Conversation 362-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Jeff McGruder

Friday, August 4, 1972 · 1:51 PM–2:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation362-001 on Tape 362StartFriday, August 4, 1972 at 1:51 PMEndFriday, August 4, 1972 at 2:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 362-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to verify if she recalled an individual named Jeff McGruder. The inquiry serves as a brief personal follow-up regarding a specific acquaintance. No broader policy or administrative developments resulted from this exchange.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Did you, I guess, remember Jeff McGruder?

NARA Description

On August 4, 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 1:51 pm and 2:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 362-1

Date: August 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 2:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 29-18]

Also recorded on August 4, 1972

  • 762-001 1:48 PM · 13 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:48 pm on August 4, 1972 and 8:20 am on August 7, 1972.
  • 029-018 1:51 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 2:23 pm.
  • 029-019 2:23 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 362-002 2:23 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:23 pm to 2:28 pm.
  • 029-020 2:28 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • 029-021 2:28 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • 362-003 2:28 PM · 12 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 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • 362-004 2:28 PM · 22 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 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 362-001, August 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-001 (accessed October 1, 2026).