President Richard M. Nixon utilized the recording session in his Old Executive Office Building suite to dictate a memorandum for the official record. The substance of this dictation remains restricted as a personal returnable item, meaning no information regarding specific policy decisions or internal communications is publicly available. This brief recorded period served primarily as a procedural tool for the President to formalize administrative documentation.
On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 332-17 Date: April 20, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President dictated a memorandum for the file. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************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.