Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 375 › Conversation 375-016
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Thursday, October 26, 1972 · 2:29 PM–2:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, private meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The primary segment of the discussion was marked as a withdrawn personal record, limiting the available historical evidence regarding the conversation's substance. No substantive policy decisions or action items were documented in the available record.
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NARA Description
On October 26, 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 2:29 pm and 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 375-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 375-16 Date: October 26, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:29 pm and 2:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:40 pm.
Also recorded on October 26, 1972
- 032-054 2:29 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:29 pm and 2:40 pm.
- 375-015 2:29 PM · 10 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 2:29 pm and 2:40 pm.
- 032-055 2:40 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:40 pm to 2:41 pm.
- 375-017 2:40 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 2:41 pm.
- 032-056 2:41 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:41 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 375-018 2:41 PM · 7 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 2:41 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 032-057 2:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 2:51 pm.
- 375-019 2:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 2:51 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 375-016, October 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/375-016 (accessed October 9, 2026).