Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 343 › Conversation 343-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House Tapes

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 1:33 PM–2:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation343-001 on Tape 343 (tape position 00:00:22–00:01:41)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 1:33 PMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-001 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, recorded discussion with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. Due to the extremely limited content and significant withdrawal of audio segments, no substantial policy, political, or administrative matters are discernible from the remaining recording. The conversation concludes without any recorded decisions or actionable outcomes.

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On June 12, 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 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 343-1

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:33 and 2:32 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

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  • 025-047 1:33 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 025-048 1:33 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-002 1:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-003 1:33 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-004 1:33 PM · 21 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 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 343-005 1:33 PM · 28 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 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm.
  • 025-049 2:32 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia A. Gleason talked on the telephone at 2:32 pm.
  • 025-050 2:32 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:35 pm.

Conversation 343-001, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/343-001 (accessed September 30, 2026).