Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 368 › Conversation 368-011
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications
Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 7:18 PM–8:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone call. The exchange served primarily as a logistical step to connect the President to another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief connectivity process.
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NARA Description
On October 17, 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 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 368-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 368-11 Date: October 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 31-109]
Also recorded on October 17, 1972
- 802-009 6:30 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:30 pm to 7:17 pm.
- 802-010 7:17 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:17 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 031-109 7:18 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
- 368-006 7:18 PM · 35 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 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
- 368-007 7:18 PM · 2 min — 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 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
- 368-008 7:18 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 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
- 368-009 7:18 PM · 12 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 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
- 368-010 7:18 PM · 14 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 7:18 pm and 8:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 368-011, October 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/368-011 (accessed October 10, 2026).