Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 342 › Conversation 342-015

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Dictation equipment

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 11:20 AM–11:26 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 58 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation342-015 on Tape 342 (tape position 03:32:59–03:34:00)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 11:20 AMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 11:26 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 342-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown staff member to discuss the logistical requirements for dictation equipment at his private retreat in Walker's Cay and aboard Air Force One. Nixon expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of existing hardware and instructed that smaller, more reliable portable units be prioritized for these non-permanent locations. This exchange reflects the President’s direct oversight regarding the technical support and operational preferences for his personal administrative workflow.

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I noticed that when I was over at Walker's, they have the big dictating machines and they carry them over.
And they also, you know, on the plane they have one that doesn't work too well.
On the plane and at Walker's, I don't want to make things, I just want the little, the small machine, because they work better as a,
So the walkers are there.
Whenever I go in a place like that, obviously we have a big one set up in all of the three permanent places, but any places that are not permanent, you can tell them to do that and you can pull out the big machines out of walkers.

NARA Description

On June 20, 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 11:20 am and 11:26 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 342-15

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:20 and 11:26 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.

[Note: The following portion of this conversation was also recorded in November 1973 by the
White House and played in open court on November 27, 1973. See Record Group [RG] 21,
Miscellaneous 47-73, Exhibit 63. There is no transcript available]

     Dictating machines
          -Walker's Cay
          -Air Force One
          -The President's preference

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:26 am.

Also recorded on June 20, 1972

  • 342-011 10:20 AM · 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 10:20 am and 10:25 am.
  • 025-072 10:25 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:51 am.
  • 342-012 10:25 AM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Edward L. Morgan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:25 am to 11:20 am.
  • 025-073 10:51 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward L. Morgan talked on the telephone from 10:51 am to 10:54 am.
  • 342-013 11:20 AM · 22 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 11:20 am and 11:26 am.
  • 342-014 11:20 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:26 am.
  • 342-016 11:26 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:26 am to 12:45 pm.
  • 025-074 12:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:32 pm to 12:33 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 342-015, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/342-015 (accessed September 30, 2026).