Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 387 › Conversation 387-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on administrative protocols

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 7:57 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation387-001 on Tape 387StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 7:57 AMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 7:57 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 387-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief exchange with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a purely administrative purpose as part of the President's routine daily communications. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions were recorded during this brief technical connection.

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NARA Description

On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:57 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 387-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 387-1

Date: December 5, 1972
Time: 7:57 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 34-16]

Also recorded on December 5, 1972

  • 034-016 7:57 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:57 am.
  • 387-002 7:57 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:57 am and 8:10 am.
  • 034-017 8:10 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:26 am.
  • 387-004 8:10 AM · 1 hr 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:10 am to 9:50 am.
  • 034-018 8:26 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:26 am to 8:27 am.
  • 034-019 8:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 8:56 am to 8:59 am.
  • 034-020 9:44 AM · 56 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
  • 034-021 10:13 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:13 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 387-001, 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/387-001 (accessed September 28, 2026).