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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Document management

Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 1:18 PM–2:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation342-003 on Tape 342 (tape position 00:06:13–00:06:48)StartTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 1:18 PMEndTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 2:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 342-003 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified individual within the Old Executive Office Building. The dialogue focuses on specific logistical instructions or the physical placement of documents, marked by ambiguous references to items labeled "1-H-3." No significant policy decisions or substantive political developments are documented in this fragment.

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Uh, the, the 1-H-3, drop over here, over, over.

On June 13, 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 1:18 pm and 2:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 342-3

Date: June 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:18 and 2:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

       Meeting with the President
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  • 342-001 1:18 PM · 4 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 1:18 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 342-002 1:18 PM · 1 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 1:18 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 342-004 1:18 PM · 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 1:18 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 342-005 1:18 PM · 14 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 1:18 pm and 2:50 pm.
  • 732-012 1:18 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:18 pm.
  • 025-057 2:50 PM · 6 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Fredrick C. LaRue talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 342-006 2:50 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Fredrick C. LaRue, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 4:14 pm.

Conversation 342-003, June 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/342-003 (accessed September 30, 2026).