Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 392 › Conversation 392-002
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential…
Monday, December 18, 1972 · 5:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 45 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to provide specific personal or administrative instructions. The brief interaction, which concluded immediately after beginning, also involved a discussion regarding a wine list. No further details regarding the nature of the instructions or the participant's identity are available.
- Presidential instructions
- White House administration
- Wine
- Executive Office Building
Audio
NARA Description
On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 392-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 392-2
Date: December 18, 1972
Time: 5:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Meeting
-The President’s instructions
Wine list [?]
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No 392-2 (cont’d)
The President and the unknown man left at 5:50 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: Conversation consists of a very brief exchange between President Nixon and an unknown man against loud background noise/hum, after which the room falls silent.
Also recorded on December 18, 1972
- 381-015 1:20 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:20 pm to 1:40 pm.
- 381-016 1:43 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:43 pm.
- 381-017 1:43 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:43 pm to 2:05 pm.
- 381-018 2:06 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard G. Kleindienst, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:06 pm to 2:35 pm.
- 381-019 2:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:43 pm.
- 381-020 2:43 PM · 27 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 2:43 pm and 2:45 pm.
- 381-021 2:45 PM · 2 hr 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Marjorie P. Acker, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 5:50 pm.
- 392-001 4:13 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 5:50 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 392-002, December 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/392-002 (accessed November 13, 2026).