Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 678 › Conversation 678-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House switchboard

Monday, March 6, 1972 · 4:00 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation678-003 on Tape 678 (tape position 01:03:19–01:03:25)StartMonday, March 6, 1972 at 4:00 PMEndMonday, March 6, 1972 at 4:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 678-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served to connect the President with an external party via the White House switchboard. No further substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were captured during this brief exchange.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 678-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 678-3

Date: March 6, 1972
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 21-1]

Also recorded on March 6, 1972

  • 678-001 3:00 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George W. Romney, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:58 pm.
  • 678-002 3:58 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:00 pm.
  • 021-001 4:00 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:00 pm.
  • 678-004 4:00 PM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Jayne Brumley, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and James C. H. Shen met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:00 pm to 5:04 pm.
  • 021-002 4:12 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jayne Brumley talked on the telephone from 4:12 pm to 4:13 pm.
  • 021-003 4:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 7:14 pm.
  • 678-005 5:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 5:10 pm.
  • 678-006 5:10 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 678-003, March 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/678-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).