Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 362 › Conversation 362-002
Nixon & Magruder on Watergate investigation and White House strategy
Friday, August 4, 1972 · 2:23 PM–2:28 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 41 sec
AI Summary
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.
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NARA Description
On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:23 pm to 2:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 362-2 Date: August 4, 1972 Time: 2:23 pm - 2:28 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Jeb Stuart Magruder. [See Conversation No. 29-19: one item has been withdrawn]
Also recorded on August 4, 1972
- 029-019 2:23 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jeb Stuart Magruder talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 029-020 2:28 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 029-021 2:28 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 362-003 2:28 PM · 12 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 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 362-004 2:28 PM · 22 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 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 029-022 2:30 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
- 362-005 2:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas G. Dunn met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:32 pm.
- 029-023 2:32 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 362-002, August 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-002 (accessed October 1, 2026).