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
AI Summary
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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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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 LIBRARYAlso recorded on November 8, 1972
- 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.
Cite this conversation
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).