Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 366 › Conversation 366-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Thursday, October 12, 1972 · 6:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation366-004 on Tape 366StartThursday, October 12, 1972 at 6:09 PMEndThursday, October 12, 1972 at 6:09 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 366-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator to facilitate an external telephone connection. This interaction serves as a functional step in the President's administrative workflow during his time in the Executive Office Building. No substantive policy discussions or decision-making processes occur during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On October 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 366-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 366-4

Date: October 12, 1972
Time: 6:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 31-32]

Also recorded on October 12, 1972

  • 796-003 9:45 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 9:52 am.
  • 796-004 10:05 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:33 am.
  • 031-032 6:09 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:09 pm.
  • 031-033 6:09 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:10 pm.
  • 366-005 6:09 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 6:09 pm and 6:10 pm.
  • 031-034 6:10 PM · 12 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 7:05 pm.
  • 031-035 6:10 PM · 9 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 7:05 pm.
  • 366-006 6:10 PM · 2 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:10 pm to 8:46 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 366-004, October 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/366-004 (accessed October 1, 2026).