Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 363 › Conversation 363-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential…

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 12:31 PM–12:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation363-002 on Tape 363StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 12:31 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 12:37 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 363-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief communication with a White House operator while located in his office at the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange served as a routine administrative interaction to facilitate telephonic connectivity. No significant policy decisions or substantive political discussions were recorded during this brief connection.

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NARA Description

On August 8, 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 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 363-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 363-2

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 29-45]

Also recorded on August 8, 1972

  • 029-044 12:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
  • 765-022 12:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
  • 765-023 12:27 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 765-024 12:27 PM · 27 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 765-027 12:27 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 029-045 12:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 363-001 12:31 PM · 9 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 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 029-046 12:37 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 363-002, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/363-002 (accessed October 1, 2026).