Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 341 › Conversation 341-019

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential memorandum and News column

Sunday, June 11, 1972 · 10:20 AM–10:41 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation341-019 on Tape 341 (tape position 05:02:07–05:02:47)StartSunday, June 11, 1972 at 10:20 AMEndSunday, June 11, 1972 at 10:41 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 341-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon dictated a memorandum in his office, referencing a news column. The conversation, captured by the OEOB taping system, involved Nixon alone and focused on a news item concerning a boat and a "capsule." Nixon expressed frustration with how information was being presented and the need to verify facts, indicating a desire to alter or correct the narrative based on available evidence.

Presidential memorandum
News column
Information control
Fact verification
Media criticism
Boat incident

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NARA Description

On June 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:41 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 341-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 341-19

Date: June 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:20 and 10:41 am.
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/16/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[341-019-w001]
[Duration: 40s]

     Memorandum
              -News column

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Nixon[unintelligible] it was a capsule for this. Nobody said the capsule had not been put [unintelligible] aboard. I went into [unintelligible] how do they know? Because we had [unintelligible] the boat. Now, the question is, why they didn't bring [unintelligible] the boat back? That [unintelligible] all [unintelligible] Now, some of them mentioned [unintelligible] from the boat. [unintelligible]

NixonThe only naive, this is a reference book, and I'm not sure which. It could be send a referral to a [unintelligible] rest of this country will leave the south part of this country [unintelligible] Well, I am- We do a lot of good things. I know the facts and every single piece of writing I get, one must alter. For more evidence, we'll get the rest of this [unintelligible] anything that we've

Also recorded on June 11, 1972

025-036 9:51 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:51 am to 10:20 am.
341-017 9:51 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:51 am to 10:20 am.
025-037 10:20 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:41 am.
341-018 10:20 AM · 28 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 10:20 am and 10:41 am.
025-038 10:41 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 10:41 am to 10:54 am.
341-020 10:41 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:41 am to 10:54 am.
025-039 10:54 AM · 9 sec — unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 2:30 pm.
341-021 10:54 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 2:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 341-019, June 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/341-019 (accessed November 14, 2026).