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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation342-020 on Tape 342 (tape position 04:38:22–04:38:56)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 12:55 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 1:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 342-020 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417186613 ↗

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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 342-020 of the White House Tapes.

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
          -Time

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We're out in the middle of lunch.
You sure?
Yeah.
I just want to do a little report.
We'll have a few minutes.
We'll stop over here.
Anytime.
Anytime is the next hour.
All right.
Take your time.
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  • 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.

Conversation 342-020, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186613). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/342-020 (accessed November 14, 2026).