Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 344 › Conversation 344-012
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential records and Memorandum
Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 8:50 PM–11:22 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session in the Old Executive Office Building to dictate a memorandum for his personal files. This administrative action served to document specific presidential reflections or internal records. No further details regarding the substantive content of the memorandum are available due to the absence of a transcript and the existence of a withdrawn segment.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
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 8:50 pm and 11:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 344-12 Date: June 20, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:50 and 11:22 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President dictated a memorandum for the file. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 46s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on June 21, 1972
- 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 · 31 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.
- 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.
- 739-001 9:02 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:10 am.
- 025-095 9:05 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:10 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 344-012, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/344-012 (accessed September 30, 2026).