Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 362
Nixon White House Tape 362 (August 4, 1972 – September 6, 1972)
31 conversations · Old Executive Office Building · about 49 min of released audio
Featuring Nixon, Sanchez, Colson, Butterfield, Haldeman
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to verify if she recalled an individual named Jeff McGruder. The inquiry serves as a brief personal follow-up regarding a specific acquaintance. No broader policy or administrative developments resulted from this exchange.
President Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder met briefly to discuss unspecified strategic concerns. The dialogue remains largely indistinct, characterized by vague exchanges regarding a potential course of action and the President's expressed sense of unease. No concrete policy decisions or specific directives were recorded during this brief encounter.
President Nixon initiates a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the contact is to place a call to Mayor Thomas G. Dunn of Elizabeth, New Jersey. No further discussion or policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. The exchange was brief and focused on technical connectivity rather than substantive policy matters. No significant political decisions or developments occurred during this brief administrative interaction.
President Nixon met briefly with Thomas G. Dunn in the Old Executive Office Building for a two-minute discussion. Due to the lack of a transcript and the fact that one item from the records was withdrawn, the specific nature of their communication remains undisclosed. The interaction serves as a brief recorded contact between the President and Dunn during the summer of 1972.
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to briefly discuss social pleasantries. During this short interaction, the President acknowledged expressing gratitude to a previous contact. The exchange concluded with no substantive policy decisions or political directives.
President Nixon held a brief, informal communication with the White House operator. The exchange consisted of social pleasantries rather than substantive policy deliberations or administrative business. No official actions or decisions were recorded during this short interaction.
President Nixon held a brief meeting with White House aide Patrick J. Buchanan shortly before his scheduled departure. The interaction served as a final consultation or farewell before the President left his office. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this abbreviated exchange.
President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson and Patrick J. Buchanan to discuss political strategy and administrative coordination during the 1972 reelection campaign. The participants reviewed Colson’s recent interactions with political analyst Richard M. Scammon and analyzed the President’s earlier meeting with youth representatives from the Committee for the Reelection of the President. The dialogue focused on campaign outreach efforts and assessments of the current political landscape.
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal matters and administrative coordination. The conversation centered on a request for an unspecified item and a review of the President's upcoming schedule. This brief interaction highlights the routine logistical support provided by Sanchez to ensure the President's daily functions remained on track.
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming appointments and manage his daily schedule. The discussion centered on logistics for meetings with Charles W. Colson, Otto E. Passman, and a Virginia Democratic delegation, including the coordination of requested photographs. The primary outcome was the administrative preparation for these scheduled engagements.
President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, to discuss the President's upcoming schedule and logistical arrangements. The brief interaction focused on coordinating departure plans and general administrative updates. Nixon expressed personal appreciation to Sanchez for his assistance during the meeting.
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to an individual identified as Mr. Arthur. The interaction is brief and serves solely as a logistical request for telephonic assistance. No further policy or substantive matters are addressed during this exchange.
President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson to review materials and discuss John B. Connally’s recent schedule and activities. The conversation touched upon political optics and the momentum of ongoing initiatives. Alexander P. Butterfield briefly joined the meeting toward its conclusion before the participants departed.
President Nixon held a meeting with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The recorded portion of the interaction was limited to a brief segment that was subsequently withdrawn for privacy reasons. No substantive policy discussions or administrative actions were documented for this engagement.
President Nixon dictated a memorandum to H.R. Haldeman regarding political strategy surrounding the Vietnam peace negotiations. The discussion focused on undermining the credibility of Sargent Shriver by highlighting that he was intentionally excluded from past Paris negotiations by Lyndon B. Johnson. Nixon further strategized to use John Connally’s perspectives to amplify criticisms of Shriver’s public rhetoric and alignment with former officials like Dean Rusk, William Averell Harriman, and Cyrus Vance.
President Richard Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate administrative tasks. The primary purpose of the encounter was the delivery of a recording to personal secretary Rose Mary Woods. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish a line for the President's subsequent communication. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
President Richard Nixon met with his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, for a brief, informal conversation in the Old Executive Office Building. Given the absence of a transcript and the short two-minute duration of the meeting, the substance of their discussion remains undocumented in the public record. This encounter reflects the frequent, personal interactions between the President and his family during his tenure.
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a return call to an unidentified individual. The interaction functioned primarily as a logistical exchange to bridge a connection between the President and the external party. No substantive policy matters or historical developments were recorded in this brief administrative exchange.
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly conferred regarding the status of staff member Pat Buchanan's current work assignments. The President inquired whether Buchanan had been adequately utilized, leading to a discussion about his ongoing responsibilities related to speechwriting. Haldeman confirmed Buchanan's focus on speech-related projects, and the two agreed to touch base again later that evening.
President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman met to coordinate political strategy, focusing on discrediting Sargent Shriver's claims regarding Vietnam peace negotiations by questioning his honesty and knowledge of the process. They also discussed administrative business, including the signing of a federal firefighters' bill and the planning of the President’s upcoming acceptance speech. Finally, the group reviewed the timing of impending Watergate-related indictments in relation to the Republican National Convention to minimize political fallout.
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to conduct private business. Due to the withdrawal of the primary portion of the recording for personal privacy reasons, the specific details of their discussion remain unavailable. Consequently, no substantive policy matters or official administrative decisions can be discerned from this brief interaction.
President Richard M. Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, in his Old Executive Office Building suite to discuss routine administrative or personal matters. Due to the lack of an available transcript and the brevity of the recorded interaction, the specific subject matter remains unintelligible. The meeting concludes with Sanchez departing the office, leaving no record of substantive policy developments.
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. This administrative interaction served solely to initiate official communication between the President and the head of the Department of Defense. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.
President Nixon utilized time in his Executive Office Building office to dictate memoranda before requesting that the White House operator place a return call to Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. The interaction largely focused on administrative tasks and executive communication. Following the brief telephone connection, the President resumed his dictation process.
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistical details regarding a forthcoming meeting with John B. Connally. The discussion focused on scheduling the session for the Oval Office and ensuring H.R. Haldeman’s attendance. This brief exchange served to align the President's calendar with his key advisors.
President Nixon utilized this meeting to dictate a memorandum to an unidentified staff member. While the specific details of the recording remain unintelligible due to a lack of transcript, the session served as an administrative task to capture official presidential directives. This interaction highlights the President's reliance on dictated correspondence for managing executive communications within the Old Executive Office Building.
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative or political matters. Due to the unintelligible nature of the recording and the absence of a transcript, the specific substance of the dialogue remains unpreserved. Consequently, no definitive policy decisions or historical action items can be attributed to this exchange.
President Nixon held an undocumented meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with unidentified individuals to discuss matters that remain obscured due to the lack of an available transcript. Given the absence of official records or audio documentation of the dialogue, the specific substance of the exchange, any policy decisions reached, or strategic action items remain unknown to historical researchers. This recording serves as a placeholder in the White House taping system, representing an uncharacterized interaction during the President's tenure.
President Nixon and Charles Colson met to discuss political strategy and media relations, focusing on negative coverage from journalists such as Max Frankel and the perceived philosophical leanings of the New York Times. The discussion also addressed political maneuvering regarding R. Sargent Shriver and George McGovern. Additionally, they reviewed intelligence concerning North Vietnamese efforts to support guerrilla operations and hijacking activities during the ongoing conflict in Vietnam.