Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 349 › Conversation 349-014

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Memorandum and Presidential records

Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 5:30 PM–5:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation349-014 on Tape 349StartThursday, July 20, 1972 at 5:30 PMEndThursday, July 20, 1972 at 5:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 349-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon utilized this session to dictate a memorandum for the official record. The brief recording captures the President documenting specific administrative information for the presidential file. Due to the presence of withdrawn material and the absence of a transcript, the precise nature of the memorandum's content remains restricted.

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NARA Description

On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 349-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 349-14

Date: July 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:30 pm and 5:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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[Duration: 18s ]

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Also recorded on July 20, 1972

  • 027-027 4:04 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 027-028 4:28 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at 4:28 pm.
  • 349-013 5:30 PM · 13 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 5:30 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 027-029 5:35 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:35 pm to 5:36 pm.
  • 349-015 5:35 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 5:36 pm.
  • 027-030 5:36 PM · 14 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:36 pm on July 20, 1972 and 12:07 pm on July 21, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 349-016 5:40 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:40 pm to 6:15 pm.
  • 349-017 6:15 PM · 8 sec — 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 6:15 pm and 6:18 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 349-014, 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/349-014 (accessed October 2, 2026).