Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 344 › Conversation 344-017

Nixon & Higby on Press conference and John B. Connally

Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 11:39 AM–12:14 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Higby, Lawrence M.Conversation344-017 on Tape 344 (tape position 02:47:37–02:48:41)StartThursday, June 22, 1972 at 11:39 AMEndThursday, June 22, 1972 at 12:14 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 344-017 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with aide Lawrence M. Higby to coordinate administrative tasks and discuss his upcoming schedule. The conversation touched upon the logistics of a Saturday morning in-office press conference and the potential involvement of John B. Connally. Additionally, the President ruminated on media perceptions of his campaign, emphasizing a desire to project a strong and vigorous public image.

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NARA Description

On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 12:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 344-17

Date: June 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 12:14 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with Lawrence M. Higby.

     H. R. Haldeman
          -Meeting
          -A message

     President's schedule
          -Saturday morning
                 -In-office press conference
                       -John B. Connally
                       -Arrangements

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tough leaders in all of this drive.

When you see a bunch of bull running around in a car in Poland, that would happen to a candidate, they'd say, that's the worst one.

This would happen to anybody in America, let's face it.

That's what would happen to their car.

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I don't see how they could suppress it, but they could suppress it.

Also recorded on June 22, 1972

025-118 11:25 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:29 am.
344-015 11:25 AM · 14 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 11:25 am and 11:29 am.
025-119 11:29 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:29 am to 11:39 am.
344-016 11:29 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:29 am to 11:39 am.
025-120 11:39 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 12:14 pm.
344-018 11:39 AM · 11 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 11:39 am and 12:14 pm.
025-121 12:14 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Constance M. Stuart talked on the telephone from 12:14 pm to 12:15 pm.
344-019 12:14 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Constance M. Stuart met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:14 pm to 12:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 344-017, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/344-017 (accessed November 14, 2026).