Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 345 › Conversation 345-007

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings

Thursday, June 29, 1972 · 2:35 PM–2:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation345-007 on Tape 345 (tape position 00:13:59–00:14:30)StartThursday, June 29, 1972 at 2:35 PMEndThursday, June 29, 1972 at 2:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 345-007 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, five-minute meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The primary content of the discussion remains inaccessible due to the withdrawal of the recording segment for personal return, leaving no record of the topics addressed or decisions reached. Consequently, the purpose and nature of this interaction remain historically unknown.

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On June 29, 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 2:35 pm and 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 345-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 345-7

Date: June 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:35 and 2:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:40 pm.
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Conversation 345-007, June 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/345-007 (accessed September 30, 2026).