Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 382 › Conversation 382-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telephony

Sunday, December 17, 1972 · 2:45 PM–3:11 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation382-020 on Tape 382StartSunday, December 17, 1972 at 2:45 PMEndSunday, December 17, 1972 at 3:11 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 382-020 ↗

A 16-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On December 17, 1972, 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 2:45 pm and 3:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 382-020 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No.382-20

Date: December 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 3:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 34-115]

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 382-017 2:24 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:24 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 034-115 2:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 034-116 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:11 pm to 3:13 pm.
  • 382-018 3:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:11 pm to 3:13 pm.
  • 034-117 3:13 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 382-019 3:13 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:16 pm.
  • 034-118 3:23 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:23 pm to 3:24 pm.
  • 034-119 3:24 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:24 pm and 3:25 pm.

Conversation 382-020, December 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/382-020 (accessed November 13, 2026).