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Nixon White House recording on Maintenance and Records Management

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 11:39 AM–3:07 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 4 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation099-009 on Tape 99StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:39 AMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 3:07 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 099-009 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417174325 ↗

AI Summary

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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NARA Description

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.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 3m 40s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown people [maintenance personnel?] left at an unknown time before 3:07 pm, May 1,
1972

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I have to...

I don't know what the hell he did to it, but it goes to very few points.

Very few points, but I understand he's taking care of it.

I don't want to lose him, but I think there's a lot of other things in there.

I think they're going to lose him someplace.

Now, can I see the matchmaker who's actually going to have this copy of the match?

I assume that that was a picture of a building.

A building.

And I handed it over, and he's got it now.

And he's trying to accept the language that was transmitted as I had given it to him.

I don't know what the accuser offered at one thing, but at the other thing, it's transparent.

We'll find out what was actually put to him.

That's the older version, I'd say, is that one was taken this morning.

Also recorded on April 20, 1972

099-005 11:39 AM · 27 min — 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 · 24 min — 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 · 4 min — 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 · 2 min — 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 · 13 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 · 51 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 099-009, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174325). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/099-009 (accessed November 2, 2026).