Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 344 › Conversation 344-010

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential dictation and Memorandum

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 8:22 PM–8:42 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation344-010 on Tape 344 (tape position 00:59:26–00:59:57)StartTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 8:22 PMEndTuesday, June 20, 1972 at 8:42 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 344-010 ↗

President Nixon met in his Old Executive Office Building office to dictate a memorandum. The recording, which includes a brief withdrawn segment for personal material, concludes shortly after the dictation process. No significant policy decisions or external consultations were recorded during this brief administrative session.

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On June 20, 1972, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 344-10

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:22 and 8:42 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 20s        ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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That's it.
All right.
Bye.
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  • 344-008 7:59 PM · 20 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 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.
  • 344-034 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.
  • 025-094 8:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:42 pm to 8:50 pm.
  • 344-011 8:42 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 8:42 pm to 8:50 pm.
  • 344-012 8:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 11:22 pm.

Conversation 344-010, 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/344-010 (accessed November 14, 2026).