Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 341 › Conversation 341-024

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on dictabelt machine

Sunday, June 11, 1972 · 10:54 AM–2:38 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation341-024 on Tape 341 (tape position 05:24:26–05:26:46)StartSunday, June 11, 1972 at 10:54 AMEndSunday, June 11, 1972 at 2:38 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 341-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon discussed a malfunctioning dictabelt machine in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The primary focus of their brief exchange was the technical issue with the recording equipment, which Nixon described as jammed. The conversation concluded with the unknown man leaving the office.

  • dictabelt machine
  • malfunction
  • Oval Office
  • recording equipment
  • technical issue

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Position in tape: 05:24:26 – 05:26:46

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NARA Description

On June 11, 1972, 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 10:54 am and 2:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 341-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 341-24

Date: June 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:54 am and 2:38 pm.
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

     Malfunction of dictabelt machine
          -Oval Office machine

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/16/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[341-024-w001]
[Duration: 5s]

     Request
         -Coffee

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:38 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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NixonThe dictator's not, you got to fix the dictator's machine.
UnknownOver here?
NixonOver there in the other office. You know it, you can't push it.
UnknownI think I'm having a problem with that.
NixonIt's just, it's jammed or something. It won't push. Okay.

Also recorded on June 11, 1972

  • 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.
  • 341-022 10:54 AM — 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.
  • 341-023 10:54 AM — 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.
  • 341-025 10:54 AM · 26 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 10:54 am and 2:38 pm.
  • 341-026 10:54 AM · 3 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.
  • 341-027 10:54 AM · 3 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.
  • 341-028 10:54 AM · 15 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 10:54 am and 2:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 341-024, 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/341-024 (accessed November 14, 2026).