Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 377 › Conversation 377-004

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential records and Memorandum

Sunday, October 29, 1972 · 7:26 AM–9:20 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation377-004 on Tape 377StartSunday, October 29, 1972 at 7:26 AMEndSunday, October 29, 1972 at 9:20 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 377-004 ↗

President Richard Nixon utilized this private meeting to dictate a formal memorandum for the record. The session served as an administrative action to document his perspectives or directives regarding ongoing sensitive matters. Given the classified status and withdrawal of the content, the recording remains restricted from public review.

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On October 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 9:20 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 377-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 377-4

Date: October 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:26 am and 9:20 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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  • 032-081 7:26 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 9:34 am.
  • 377-001 7:26 AM · 14 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 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-002 7:26 AM · 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 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-003 7:26 AM · 39 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 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-005 7:26 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-006 7:26 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 9:20 am.
  • 377-007 9:20 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:20 am to 9:30 am.
  • 377-008 9:30 AM · 44 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 9:30 am and 9:34 am.

Conversation 377-004, October 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/377-004 (accessed October 10, 2026).