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

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

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 ↗

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.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 00:49:30 into the tape and ends around 00:49:50.

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

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.

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]
  • 025-089 4:09 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:16 pm.
  • 344-004 4:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:14 pm and 4:35 pm.
  • 344-005 4:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:14 pm and 4:35 pm.
  • 344-006 4:35 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:35 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 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.

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 September 30, 2026).