Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 340 › Conversation 340-007

Nixon & Hoopes on Buzzer system and Office operations

Tuesday, June 6, 1972 · 9:20 AM–9:21 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Hoopes, David C.Conversation340-007 onTape 340 (tape position 00:12:24–00:13:00)StartTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 9:20 AMEndTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 9:21 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 340-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with David C. Hoopes in the Executive Office Building for a brief one-minute session. The discussion primarily focused on the President providing specific instructions regarding the operation of the office buzzer system. No other policy or political matters were addressed during this brief encounter.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and David C. Hoopes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:20 am to 9:21 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 340-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 340-7

Date: June 6, 1972
Time: 9:20 am – 9:21 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with David C. Hoopes. The discontinuities in this conversation appear in the
original recording.

     Buzzer system
         -President's instructions

Hoopes left at 9:21 am.

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  • 340-010 9:21 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-011 9:21 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-012 9:21 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-013 9:21 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-014 9:21 AM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 340-007, June 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/340-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).