Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 342 › Conversation 342-020
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Briefing
Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 12:55 PM–1:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec
AI Summary
An unidentified individual met with President Nixon in the Old Executive Office Building to provide a briefing or report. The participants briefly coordinated a window of time for the discussion, with Nixon offering availability throughout the following hour. No specific policy details were captured in this fragment, as the interaction focused primarily on scheduling the presentation of the report.
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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 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 342-20
Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:55 and 1:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
Unknown person's schedule
Meeting
-Report
-TimeAlso recorded on June 20, 1972
- 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.
- 342-021 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 342-020, 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/342-020 (accessed September 30, 2026).