Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 348 › Conversation 348-014

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential memorandum

Wednesday, July 19, 1972 · 9:26 PM–9:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation348-014 on Tape 348StartWednesday, July 19, 1972 at 9:26 PMEndWednesday, July 19, 1972 at 9:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 348-014 ↗

President Nixon utilized this session in the Old Executive Office Building to dictate a memorandum for his official records. Although the specific content of the dictation was redacted from the public archive, the recording serves as a formal documentation of presidential internal communication. The session concludes with the President transitioning to subsequent administrative tasks documented in later recordings.

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On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:26 pm and 9:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 348-014 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 348-14

Date: July 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:26 pm and 9:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 8m 2s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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[The memorandum continues as Conversation No. 348-16]
  • 027-014 9:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 348-011 9:00 PM · 10 sec — 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 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 348-012 9:00 PM · 7 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 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 027-015 9:03 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:03 pm to 9:26 pm.
  • 348-013 9:03 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:03 pm to 9:26 pm.
  • 348-015 9:45 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 pm to 10:30 pm.
  • 348-016 10:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:30 pm and 10:58 pm.
  • 748-001 9:33 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:33 am.

Conversation 348-014, July 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/348-014 (accessed October 2, 2026).