Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 381 › Conversation 381-020
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on H. R. Haldeman
Monday, December 18, 1972 · 2:43 PM–2:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 27 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with an unidentified individual to coordinate scheduling for key staff members. The discussion focused on arranging upcoming meetings for H.R. Haldeman, Henry Kissinger, and Charles Colson. These logistical arrangements appear to be the primary purpose of the short encounter.
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NARA Description
On December 18, 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 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 381-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 381-20
Date: December 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
Request for a meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Henry A. Kissinger
-Timing
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 2:43 pm.
Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm.Also recorded on December 18, 1972
- 034-129 1:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 381-014 1:18 PM · 28 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 1:18 pm and 1:20 pm.
- 381-015 1:20 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:20 pm to 1:40 pm.
- 381-016 1:43 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:43 pm.
- 381-017 1:43 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:43 pm to 2:05 pm.
- 381-018 2:06 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard G. Kleindienst, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:06 pm to 2:35 pm.
- 381-019 2:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:43 pm.
- 381-021 2:45 PM · 2 hr 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Marjorie P. Acker, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 5:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 381-020, December 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/381-020 (accessed October 5, 2026).