President Nixon utilized this session in his Old Executive Office Building suite to record a memorandum for the file. This process involved playing back previous audio to document or clarify specific administrative records. The action served as a self-directed effort to maintain an official account of sensitive executive deliberations.
On January 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 312-8 Date: January 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:25 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President played back and dictated a memorandum for the file. [This is a continuation of Conversation No. 312-6.] ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 35s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 **********************************************************************
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.