Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 387 › Conversation 387-008
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on administrative…
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 1:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief communication through the White House operator to facilitate a connection to another party. This interaction served a purely administrative function to coordinate official telephonic access. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions occurred during this brief 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 1:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 387-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 387-8 Date: December 5, 1972 Time: 1:09 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 34-147]
Also recorded on December 5, 1972
- 818-007 12:37 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.
- 818-008 12:37 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.
- 034-022 1:09 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 034-147 1:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:09 pm.
- 387-009 1:09 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 387-010 1:10 PM · 23 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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 387-011 1:10 PM · 28 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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 387-012 1:10 PM · 13 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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 387-008, 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/387-008 (accessed September 28, 2026).