Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 342 › Conversation 342-019

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Personal interactions

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 12:55 PM–1:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation342-019 on Tape 342 (tape position 04:37:32–04:38:22)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 12:55 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 1:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 342-019 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417186611 ↗

A 9-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 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 342-19

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:55 and 1:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/28/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[342-019-w001]
[Duration: 8s]

The President declines an offer of refreshments.

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Unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:30 pm.

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

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  • 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.
  • 342-020 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.
  • 342-022 12:55 PM · 19 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 342-019, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186611). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/342-019 (accessed November 14, 2026).