Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 344 › Conversation 344-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 7:59 PM–8:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation344-008 on Tape 344 (tape position 00:49:30–00:49:50)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 7:59 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 8:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 344-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion focused solely on establishing a connection with an unspecified party. No substantive policy matters or strategic developments were recorded during this brief exchange.

Audio

part A, 49:30

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:49:30 to 00:49:50 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

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 an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 344-8

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:59 and 8:04 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 25-92]

Transcript (AI-generated)

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

Also recorded on June 20, 1972

  • 025-090 7:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:36 pm and 7:52 pm.
  • 025-091 7:52 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:59 pm.
  • 344-007 7:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:52 pm to 7:59 pm.
  • 025-092 7:59 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:04 pm.
  • 025-093 8:04 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:21 pm.
  • 344-009 8:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:04 pm to 8:22 pm.
  • 344-010 8:22 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:42 pm.
  • 344-034 8:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 344-008, 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/344-008 (accessed November 14, 2026).