President Nixon utilized this session to record a formal memorandum for his personal files. Given the absence of a transcript and the withdrawn status of the content, the recording serves as a private archival entry rather than a deliberative exchange. The nature of the dictated material remains classified or restricted from public access.
On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:41 am and 7:53 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 369-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 369-4
Date: October 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:41 am and 7:53 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 10m 56s ]
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[The memorandum continues as Conversation No. 369-6]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.