Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 370 › Conversation 370-017
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential…
Thursday, October 19, 1972 · 5:10 PM–5:14 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate a connection to another party. The exchange served administrative purposes related to the routing of presidential telephone calls. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 19, 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 5:10 pm and 5:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 370-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 370-17 Date: October 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 5:10 pm and 5:14 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 31-147]
Also recorded on October 19, 1972
- 031-145 5:06 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone from 5:06 pm to 5:08 pm.
- 370-015 5:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:06 pm to 5:08 pm.
- 031-146 5:10 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:10 pm.
- 031-147 5:10 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:14 pm.
- 370-016 5:10 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 5:10 pm.
- 370-018 5:10 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 5:10 pm and 5:14 pm.
- 031-148 5:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 5:14 pm to 5:17 pm.
- 031-149 5:14 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 6:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 370-017, October 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/370-017 (accessed October 10, 2026).