Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 387 › Conversation 387-005
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential staff
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 10:13 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, abrupt interaction with a White House operator in the Executive Office Building. The President dismissed the operator immediately, requesting that they leave the office. No further official business or substantive policy matters were conducted during this exchange.
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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 10:13 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 387-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 387-5 Date: December 5, 1972 Time: 10:13 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 34-21]
Also recorded on December 5, 1972
- 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.
- 387-006 10:13 AM · 2 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 10:13 am and 10:15 am.
- 387-007 10:15 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:15 am to 11:38 am.
- 818-001 11:42 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:43 am.
- 818-002 11:43 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Lucy A. Winchester, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 12:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 387-005, 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/387-005 (accessed September 28, 2026).