Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 642 › Conversation 642-032

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 12:16 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation642-032 on Tape 642 (tape position 05:14:31–05:15:30)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 12:16 PMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 642-032 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The discussion focuses on connecting the President to a specific party, serving as a routine logistical step in the administration of executive communications. No substantive policy matters or major decisions are recorded during this brief operator-assisted bridge.

Audio

part C, 1:09:45

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 05:14:31 to 05:15:30 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 642-32

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: 12:16 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 18-9]

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

  • 018-008 12:13 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 12:13 pm to 12:15 pm.
  • 018-009 12:16 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:16 pm.
  • 018-010 12:16 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:18 pm.
  • 642-033 12:16 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:18 pm.
  • 642-034 12:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:18 pm.
  • 642-035 12:16 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:18 pm.
  • 642-036 12:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:18 pm.
  • 642-037 12:18 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Kauffman, Stephen M. Morris, Jack A. L. Hahn, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 642-032, January 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/642-032 (accessed November 15, 2026).