{"conversationCode":"342-015","tapeNumber":342,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-342-015","startDateTime":"1972-06-20T15:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-20T15:26:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jun-1972","startTime":"11:20 AM","endDate":"20-Jun-1972","endTime":"11:26 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","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.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 342-15\n\nDate: June 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:20 and 11:26 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\fThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n[Note: The following portion of this conversation was also recorded in November 1973 by the\nWhite House and played in open court on November 27, 1973. See Record Group [RG] 21,\nMiscellaneous 47-73, Exhibit 63. There is no transcript available]\n\n     Dictating machines\n          -Walker's Cay\n          -Air Force One\n          -The President's preference\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:26 am.","filename":["342-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:32:59","tapeEnd":"03:34:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"342-014","nextCode":"342-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":16.23,"text":"I noticed that when I was over at Walker's, they have the big dictating machines and they carry them over."},{"start":16.25,"end":24.55,"text":"And they also, you know, on the plane they have one that doesn't work too well."},{"start":24.57,"end":29.38,"text":"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,"},{"start":29.65,"end":34.24,"text":"So the walkers are there."},{"start":34.4,"end":44.55,"text":"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."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Dictation equipment","White House logistics","Air Force One","Walker's Cay","Presidential administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:11:59.668Z"},"topicSlugs":["dictation-equipment","white-house-logistics","air-force-one","walkers-cay","presidential-administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"342-015.mp3","bytes":2324705,"durationSec":57.98,"bitrate":320775,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.909Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/342-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/342-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/342/conversation-342-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}