Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 389 › Conversation 389-021

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 11:45 AM–12:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation389-021 on Tape 389StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 11:45 AMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 12:25 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 389-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

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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 an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 389-21

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:45 am and 12:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 33-34]

Also recorded on November 4, 1972

  • 033-032 11:01 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 11:01 am to 11:02 am.
  • 389-018 11:02 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry Hibbard, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:40 am.
  • 033-033 11:04 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry Hibbard talked on the telephone from 11:04 am to 11:06 am.
  • 389-019 11:15 AM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 12:25 pm.
  • 033-034 11:45 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:25 pm.
  • 389-020 11:45 AM · 20 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 11:45 am and 12:25 pm.
  • 033-035 12:25 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:25 pm to 12:26 pm.
  • 389-022 12:25 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:25 pm to 12:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 389-021, 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/389-021 (accessed October 11, 2026).