Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 371 › Conversation 371-005

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Friday, October 20, 1972 · 9:15 AM–9:16 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation371-005 on Tape 371StartFriday, October 20, 1972 at 9:15 AMEndFriday, October 20, 1972 at 9:16 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 371-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, one-minute administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate a connection. No substantive policy matters or political discussions occurred during this exchange. The conversation served strictly as a routine telecommunications coordination.

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NARA Description

On October 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:15 am to 9:16 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 371-5

Date: October 20, 1972
Time: 9:15 am - 9:16 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 31-150]

Also recorded on October 20, 1972

  • 371-001 8:16 AM · 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 8:16 am and 8:25 am.
  • 371-003 8:25 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:25 am to 8:40 am.
  • 371-004 9:11 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:11 am to 9:14 am.
  • 031-150 9:15 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:15 am.
  • 371-006 9:16 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:16 am to 9:50 am.
  • 371-007 9:50 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:04 am.
  • 371-008 9:50 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:04 am.
  • 371-009 10:04 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Gen. William Westmoreland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:04 am to 10:35 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 371-005, October 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/371-005 (accessed October 10, 2026).