Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 88 › Conversation 088-004

Nixon White House recording on Cabinet Room and Withdrawn material

Friday, January 28, 1972 · 3:50 PM–1:30 PM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation088-004 onTape 88StartFriday, January 28, 1972 at 3:50 PMEndMonday, January 31, 1972 at 1:30 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 088-004 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures an unidentified group of men meeting in the White House Cabinet Room. The entire duration of the discussion has been withdrawn from the public record due to non-historical content. Consequently, no substantive topics, decisions, or action items are available for historical analysis.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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4:13:08Teksting av Nicolai Winther
4:37:51Teksting av Nicolai Winther
5:19:44Teksting av Nicolai Winther

NARA Description

Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:50 pm on January 28, 1972 and 1:30 pm on January 31, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 088-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 88-4

Date: Unknown between January 28 and January 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:50 pm, January 28 and 1:30 pm, January 31, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown men met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 14m 26s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown men left at an unknown time before 1:30 pm, January 31, 1972

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 088-004, January 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/088-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).