Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 372 › Conversation 372-027

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Private Meeting

Wednesday, October 25, 1972 · 1:10 PM–2:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation372-027 on Tape 372StartWednesday, October 25, 1972 at 1:10 PMEndWednesday, October 25, 1972 at 2:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 372-027 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, private meeting in his Old Executive Office Building suite with an unidentified male visitor. The content of the discussion remains entirely unknown due to the lack of an available transcript and the withdrawal of the recording segment as personal and returnable material. No administrative actions or historical developments can be attributed to this exchange based on the available archival record.

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On October 25, 1972, 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 1:10 pm and 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 372-027 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 372-27

Date: October 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 2:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration:    4s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:30 pm.
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  • 032-037 1:10 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • 372-028 1:10 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 1:10 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • 372-029 1:10 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 an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • 032-038 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
  • 372-030 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
  • 372-031 2:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 2:53 pm.

Conversation 372-027, October 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/372-027 (accessed October 9, 2026).