Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 363 › Conversation 363-019

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on administrative logistics

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 4:59 PM–5:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation363-019 on Tape 363StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:59 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 5:05 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 363-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This exchange serves as a routine administrative step to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this short connection.

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Oh, the operator

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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 363-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 363-19

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 29-62]

Also recorded on August 8, 1972

  • 029-060 4:54 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 363-017 4:54 PM · 8 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 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 029-061 4:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:56 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 363-018 4:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:56 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 029-062 4:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 029-063 4:59 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-020 4:59 PM · 13 sec — 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-021 4:59 PM · 6 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 363-019, 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/363-019 (accessed October 1, 2026).