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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House records

Wednesday, June 28, 1972 · 3:09 PM–3:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation346-013 on Tape 346 (tape position 03:16:31–03:17:25)StartWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 3:09 PMEndWednesday, June 28, 1972 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 346-013 ↗

President Nixon consults with an unidentified associate regarding the logistics of managing and consolidating sensitive materials held in storage. He emphasizes the need for a comprehensive report on the status of these files, specifically requesting an update by the time he arrives at the California Center. The conversation also briefly touches upon personnel assignments involving Patrick J. Buchanan and the management of reporting staff.

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3:16:31Sad, background, blind.
3:16:36So you have to take one mandatory writer, one reporter, or somebody like that, somewhere.
3:17:16And the storage?
3:17:17You're getting after the storage?
3:17:19You're getting everything out of the storage?
3:17:21I want a report on that when I'm in California Center.

On June 28, 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 3:09 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 346-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 346-13

Date: June 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:09 and 3:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

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               -Patrick J. Buchanan
  • 346-011 3:09 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 346-012 3:09 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 026-048 3:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:15 pm.
  • 346-014 3:15 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Marjorie P. Acker, White House operator, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:30 pm.
  • 346-015 3:30 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm.
  • 346-016 3:30 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm.
  • 346-017 3:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm.
  • 346-018 3:30 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 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm.

Conversation 346-013, June 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/346-013 (accessed September 30, 2026).