Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 340 › Conversation 340-014

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Tuesday, June 6, 1972 · 9:21 AM–9:58 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation340-014 on Tape 340 (tape position 01:21:27–01:22:21)StartTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 9:21 AMEndTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 9:58 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 340-014 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone communication. This routine interaction served as a logistical bridge to connect the President with an unidentified party. No policy decisions or substantive discussions were captured during this brief exchange.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:21:27 into the tape and ends around 01:22:21.

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On June 6, 1972, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 340-014 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 340-14

Date: June 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:21 am and 9:58 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 25-8]
  • 340-007 9:20 AM · 36 sec — 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.
  • 025-008 9:21 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-008 9:21 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-009 9:21 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am.
  • 340-010 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.

Conversation 340-014, 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/340-014 (accessed October 9, 2026).