Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 342 › Conversation 342-007

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Telephone operations

Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 3:49 PM–4:14 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation342-007 on Tape 342 (tape position 01:14:27–01:14:47)StartTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 3:49 PMEndTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 4:14 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 342-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon interacted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing connection to an unspecified party. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate a telephone call from the Executive Office Building. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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Come on, please.

NARA Description

On June 13, 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 3:49 pm and 4:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 342-7

Date: June 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:49 and 4:14 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 25-59]

Also recorded on June 13, 1972

  • 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.
  • 025-058 3:48 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 025-059 3:49 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:24 pm.
  • 025-060 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
  • 342-008 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
  • 342-009 4:17 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:17 pm to 5:38 pm.
  • 025-061 5:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 342-007, 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/342-007 (accessed September 30, 2026).