Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 340 › Conversation 340-020
Nixon alone in his EOB office on White House domestic life
Tuesday, June 6, 1972 · 12:26 PM–12:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief, one-minute meeting in the President's Old Executive Office Building office. The recording does not contain a transcript, and no specific policy matters or significant administrative decisions were documented during this interaction. Due to the lack of available dialogue, the session remains categorized as an informal exchange between the President and the First Lady.
Audio
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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 03:33:51 into the tape and ends around 03:35:55.
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 340-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 340-20 Date: June 6, 1972 Time: 12:26-12:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See also Conversation No. 25-13; one item has been withdrawn from this conversation.]
Also recorded on June 6, 1972
- 025-014 12:17 PM · 14 min — unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 1:42 pm.
- 025-012 12:23 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:36 pm.
- 340-019 12:23 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:26 pm.
- 025-013 12:26 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 340-021 12:27 PM · 39 sec — 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 12:27 pm and 1:47 pm.
- 340-022 12:27 PM · 34 sec — 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 12:27 pm and 1:41 pm.
- 340-023 12:27 PM · 4 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 12:27 pm and 1:41 pm.
- 340-024 12:27 PM · 2 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 12:27 pm and 1:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 340-020, 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/340-020 (accessed October 9, 2026).