Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 390 › Conversation 390-021
Nixon & Hoopes on Office Administration and Personnel Management
Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 7:00 PM–7:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with David C. Hoopes to discuss administrative logistics and scheduling, including the management of an unknown woman’s office space and the removal of specific items from her desk. The brief exchange also touched upon travel or personnel logistics involving labor considerations and scheduling, concluding with requests for refreshments. The conversation served primarily as a coordination meeting for the President’s immediate office operations.
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NARA Description
On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:00 pm to 7:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 390-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 390-21
Date: November 2, 1972
Time: 7:00 pm -7:04 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with David C. Hoopes.
Automobile
The President’s schedule
-Unknown woman
Request for wine, cigar
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Conversation No. 390-21 (cont’d)
Unknown woman’s desk
-Removal of item
-Order
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 7:00 pm and
7:02 pm.
[Conversation No. 390-21A]
[See Conversation No. 32-156]
[End of telephone conversation]
[Pause]
The President talked with John K. Andrews, Jr. between 7:02 pm and 7:04 pm.
[Conversation No. 390-21B]
[See Conversation No. 32-157]
Hoopes left at 7:03 pm.
[End of telephone conversation]Also recorded on November 3, 1972
- 032-157 7:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 7:02 pm to 7:04 pm.
- 032-158 7:23 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm.
- 390-022 7:23 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:23 pm to 7:24 pm.
- 390-023 7:24 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:24 pm and 8:06 pm.
- 390-026 7:24 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:24 pm and 8:06 pm.
- 032-159 8:03 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:42 am.
- 391-011 8:03 AM · 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 8:03 am and 8:07 am.
- 391-012 8:03 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:07 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 390-021, November 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/390-021 (accessed October 11, 2026).