Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 391 › Conversation 391-022

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House Operator

Friday, November 3, 1972 · 9:00 AM–9:12 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation391-022 on Tape 391StartFriday, November 3, 1972 at 9:00 AMEndFriday, November 3, 1972 at 9:12 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 391-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a series of outbound telephone calls to several United States Senators. The President requested that the operator locate and connect him specifically to Senator Margaret Chase Smith in Maine along with several other unnamed members of the Senate. This brief administrative interaction served to facilitate the President's personal outreach to congressional leadership.

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NARA Description

On November 3, 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 9:00 am and 9:12 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 391-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 391-22

Date: November 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:12 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 32-161]

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Operator, I'd like to place about four calls to Senator.
Senator Margaret Smith, probably in Maine, Senator Clifford Case, and Senator Cliff Hansen.
My only, probably my only, Senator, uh, Mark Kessler, and, uh, and already, after, uh,
Okay, that's enough.

Also recorded on November 3, 1972

  • 032-160 8:42 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:42 am to 8:46 am.
  • 391-020 8:46 AM · 37 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 8:46 am and 9:00 am.
  • 032-161 9:00 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:12 am.
  • 391-021 9:00 AM · 15 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 9:00 am and 9:12 am.
  • 032-162 9:12 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Brooke talked on the telephone from 9:12 am to 9:16 am.
  • 391-023 9:12 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Brooke met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:12 am to 9:16 am.
  • 032-163 9:22 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clifford P. Case talked on the telephone from 9:22 am to 9:24 am.
  • 391-024 9:22 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clifford P. Case met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:22 am to 9:24 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 391-022, 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/391-022 (accessed November 13, 2026).