Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 385 › Conversation 385-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Monday, December 11, 1972 · 5:35 PM–5:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation385-015 on Tape 385StartMonday, December 11, 1972 at 5:35 PMEndMonday, December 11, 1972 at 5:37 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 385-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant executive decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On December 11, 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 5:35 pm and 5:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 385-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 385-15

Date: December 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:35 pm and 5:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 34-46]

Also recorded on December 11, 1972

  • 034-046 5:35 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 5:37 pm.
  • 034-047 5:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:37 pm to 5:42 pm.
  • 385-016 5:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:37 pm to 5:42 pm.
  • 034-048 5:42 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:49 pm.
  • 385-017 5:42 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 385-018 5:42 PM · 7 min — 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 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 385-019 5:42 PM · 11 min — 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 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.
  • 385-020 5:42 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 385-015, December 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/385-015 (accessed October 1, 2026).