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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Strategic Arms…

Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 1:45 PM–2:58 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation344-025 on Tape 344 (tape position 03:12:44–03:12:56)StartThursday, June 22, 1972 at 1:45 PMEndThursday, June 22, 1972 at 2:58 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 344-025 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to coordinate preparations for an upcoming press conference. The discussion focused on drafting a paper regarding the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). Alexander M. Haig, Jr. was identified as a key participant involved in the development of these materials.

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On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 344-25

Date: June 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:45 and 2:58 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

     Press conference
          -Paper on Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
                -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:58 pm.
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  • 344-020 12:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 025-123 12:56 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 12:56 pm to 1:08 pm.
  • 344-022 12:56 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:56 pm to 1:08 pm.
  • 344-023 1:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:35 pm.
  • 344-024 1:35 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:35 pm to 1:45 pm.
  • 344-026 1:45 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:58 pm.
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Conversation 344-025, 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/344-025 (accessed September 30, 2026).