Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 388 › Conversation 388-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on presidential logistics

Wednesday, November 8, 1972 · 3:11 PM–3:28 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation388-011 on Tape 388StartWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 3:11 PMEndWednesday, November 8, 1972 at 3:28 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 388-011 ↗

President Nixon interacts with a White House operator in the Executive Office Building to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to reach another party, though the content of the subsequent conversation is not captured in this specific recording. No substantive policy discussions or major presidential decisions occur during this brief administrative interaction.

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On November 8, 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 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 388-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 388-11

Date: November 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See conversation No. 33-74]
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
  • 033-073 3:08 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward R. G. Heath talked on the telephone from 3:08 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 033-074 3:11 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm.
  • 388-009 3:11 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm.
  • 388-010 3:11 PM · 5 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 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm.
  • 033-075 3:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:30 pm.
  • 388-012 3:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:28 pm to 3:30 pm.
  • 033-076 3:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm.
  • 033-077 3:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm.

Conversation 388-011, November 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/388-011 (accessed September 28, 2026).