Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 378 › Conversation 378-001
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House Tapes
Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 8:34 AM–9:28 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon engaged in a brief telephone conversation with an unidentified individual while working from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording captures only the closing moments of the exchange, consisting of a standard farewell. No substantive policy discussions, political strategy, or administrative decisions are audible in this segment of the tape.
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NARA Description
On October 31, 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 8:34 am and 9:28 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 378-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 378-1
Date: October 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:34 am and 9:28 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
Return telephone call from an unknown personAlso recorded on October 31, 1972
- 378-002 9:28 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:28 am to 9:50 am.
- 378-003 9:50 AM · 9 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 9:50 am and 9:55 am.
- 378-004 9:55 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 11:00 am.
- 378-005 11:00 AM · 7 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 11:00 am and 11:04 am.
- 810-001 11:04 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:10 am.
- 810-002 11:10 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 11:36 am.
- 810-003 11:36 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:43 am.
- 810-004 11:36 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 11:43 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 378-001, October 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/378-001 (accessed October 5, 2026).