Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 369 › Conversation 369-004
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential Records and Memorandum
Wednesday, October 18, 1972 · 7:41 AM–7:53 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session to record a formal memorandum for his personal files. Given the absence of a transcript and the withdrawn status of the content, the recording serves as a private archival entry rather than a deliberative exchange. The nature of the dictated material remains classified or restricted from public access.
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:41 am and 7:53 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 369-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 369-4
Date: October 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:41 am and 7:53 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 10m 56s ]
(rev. Nov-03)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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[The memorandum continues as Conversation No. 369-6]Also recorded on October 18, 1972
- 031-113 7:41 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:41 am.
- 369-003 7:41 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:41 am.
- 031-114 7:53 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:53 am to 7:55 am.
- 369-005 7:53 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:53 am to 7:55 am.
- 369-006 7:55 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:55 am and 8:20 am.
- 369-007 7:55 AM · 13 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 7:55 am and 8:20 am.
- 369-008 7:55 AM · 8 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 7:55 am and 8:20 am.
- 369-009 8:20 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:20 am to 9:50 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 369-004, October 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/369-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).