Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 389 › Conversation 389-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on National Football League

Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 8:45 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation389-003 on Tape 389StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 8:45 AMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 8:45 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 389-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to confirm that a task regarding the National Football League had been successfully completed. This brief exchange appears to be a follow-up on a specific administrative or personal request involving the NFL. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief interaction.

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The National Football League has been accomplished.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 8:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 389-3

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: 8:45 a.m.
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 33-5]
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Also recorded on November 4, 1972

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  • 033-004 8:40 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:40 am to 8:45 am.
  • 389-002 8:40 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:40 am to 8:45 am.
  • 033-005 8:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at 8:45 am.
  • 033-006 8:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:52 am.
  • 389-004 8:45 AM · 10 sec — 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 8:45 am and 8:52 am.
  • 033-007 8:52 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 8:52 am to 9:00 am.
  • 389-005 8:52 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:52 am to 9:00 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 389-003, November 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/389-003 (accessed October 11, 2026).