Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 342 › Conversation 342-017

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 12:46 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation342-017 on Tape 342 (tape position 04:33:11–04:33:43)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 12:46 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 12:46 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 342-017 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417186607 ↗

A 4-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-017 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 342-17

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: 12:46 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 25-75]

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 025-075 12:46 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:46 pm.
  • 025-076 12:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaret Chase Smith talked on the telephone from 12:53 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 342-018 12:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Margaret Chase Smith met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:53 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 025-077 12:55 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 025-078 12:55 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 342-019 12:55 PM · 9 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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 342-020 12:55 PM · 20 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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 342-021 12:55 PM · 6 sec — 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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm.

Conversation 342-017, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186607). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/342-017 (accessed November 14, 2026).