Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 87 › Conversation 087-002

Nixon White House recording on Cabinet Room and Unidentified participants

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 4:44 PM–2:45 PM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation087-002 onTape 87StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 4:44 PMEndThursday, January 20, 1972 at 2:45 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 087-002 ↗

AI Summary

A group of unidentified individuals met in the Cabinet Room during early January 1972 to engage in discussions that were subsequently withheld from the public record. Due to the lack of a transcript and the complete withdrawal of the audio content, the specific participants, subject matter, and administrative outcomes of the meeting remain unknown to researchers. The recording serves as a historical placeholder for undocumented deliberations occurring within the White House during this period.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 087-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 87-2

Date: Unknown between January 3 and January 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:44 pm, January 3 and 2:45 pm, January 20, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown men met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 5m 5s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown men left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm, January 20, l972

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

  • 018-013 4:44 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 018-014 4:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, unknown person(s), and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 087-003 4:44 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-004 4:44 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-005 4:44 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-006 4:44 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-007 4:44 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-008 4:44 PM — Michael J. Farrell, David N. Parker, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 087-002, 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/087-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).