Nixon White House TapesTape 99 › Conversation 099-009

Nixon White House recording on Maintenance and Administrative Logistics

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 11:39 AM–3:07 PM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation099-009 onTape 99StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:39 AMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 3:07 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 099-009 ↗

Maintenance personnel or unidentified individuals met in the Cabinet Room to discuss technical or logistical issues related to equipment or documentation. The participants briefly touched upon the status of a specific item or record, referencing a building photograph and the transmission of language for a match. No significant policy decisions were recorded, as the conversation appears to focus on administrative or maintenance-related coordination.

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3:47:11Teksting av Nicolai Winther
3:47:28I have to...
3:47:30I have to...
3:47:32I have to...
3:47:33I have to...
3:47:34I have to...
3:47:35I have to...
3:47:36I have to...
3:47:51I don't know what the hell he did to it, but it goes to very few points.
3:47:56Very few points, but I understand he's taking care of it.
3:48:00I don't want to lose him, but I think there's a lot of other things in there.
3:48:04I think they're going to lose him someplace.
3:48:07Now, can I see the matchmaker who's actually going to have this copy of the match?
3:48:14I assume that that was a picture of a building.
3:48:16A building.
3:48:45And I handed it over, and he's got it now.
3:48:50And he's trying to accept the language that was transmitted as I had given it to him.
3:48:57I don't know what the accuser offered at one thing, but at the other thing, it's transparent.
3:49:01We'll find out what was actually put to him.
3:49:05That's the older version, I'd say, is that one was taken this morning.

On April 20, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 3:07 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 099-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 99-9

Date: Unknown between April 20 and May 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am, April 20 and 3:07 pm, May 1, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people [maintenance personnel] met

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The unknown people [maintenance personnel?] left at an unknown time before 3:07 pm, May 1,
  • 099-005 11:39 AM — Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Egil ("Bud") Krogh, and the Domestic Council met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 099-006 11:39 AM — Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and the Domestic Council met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 099-008 11:39 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 099-013 11:39 AM — United States Secret Service agents met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 714-007 11:43 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford D. Carlson, Carol A. Carson, Max L. Friedersdorf, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:46 am.
  • 023-047 11:46 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 11:48 am.
  • 714-008 11:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:46 am.
  • 714-009 11:46 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 11:48 am.

Conversation 099-009, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/099-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).