Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 349 › Conversation 349-017
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential…
Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 6:15 PM–6:18 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate a specific, though currently unknown, logistical request. The discussion centered on the arrangements for sending a particular item to an unnamed recipient. The encounter was brief, concluding within three minutes after the President addressed the request.
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NARA Description
On July 20, 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 6:15 pm and 6:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 349-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 349-17
Date: July 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:15 pm and 6:18 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person.
Request for the sending of an unknown item
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:18 pm.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.
- 349-014 5:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 349-017, 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/349-017 (accessed October 2, 2026).