Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 386 › Conversation 386-009
Nixon White House recording on Executive Office Building
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 6:44 PM–7:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 34 sec
AI Summary
The President met with unidentified individuals in his Old Executive Office Building suite to discuss elements of his official schedule. The conversation remains largely undocumented due to the limited archival record and the nature of the available transcript segment. No substantive policy decisions or actionable directives are evident in the brief audio recording.
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NARA Description
On December 5, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 386-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 386-9
Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
Unknown people met.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 386-9 (cont’d)
The President’s schedule
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Unknown people left at an unknown time before 7:35 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 386-004 6:30 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 034-026 6:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 6:43 pm to 6:44 pm.
- 386-005 6:44 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-006 6:44 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-007 6:44 PM · 12 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
- 386-008 6:44 PM · 1 min — 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 6:44 pm and 7:35 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 386-009, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/386-009 (accessed November 13, 2026).