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Nixon & Timmons on Legal proceedings and Sentencing

Thursday, December 14, 1972 · 2:09 PM–2:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Timmons, William E.Conversation384-009 on Tape 384StartThursday, December 14, 1972 at 2:09 PMEndThursday, December 14, 1972 at 2:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 384-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and William E. Timmons held a brief meeting to discuss the administrative handling and potential sentencing delays involving a specific individual. The conversation focused on the timeline of the legal process and the reasons behind recent bureaucratic hold-ups. No major policy shifts were recorded during this brief exchange.

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He got me.
Bill, take me over this time.
So he, uh, he, what the last man's field or whatever it was, got about four months in person to do that.
And when it was, what the hold up was, okay, fine, okay.

NARA Description

On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:09 pm to 2:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 384-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 384-9

Date: December 14, 1972
Time: 2:09 pm - 2:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with William E. Timmons.

[See Conversation No. 34-78]

Also recorded on December 14, 1972

  • 034-077 1:39 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm.
  • 384-005 1:39 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 2:09 pm.
  • 034-078 2:09 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:10 pm.
  • 034-079 2:10 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 384-010 2:10 PM · 19 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 2:10 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 384-011 2:10 PM · 16 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 2:10 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 384-012 2:15 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 3:24 pm.
  • 383-001 2:30 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, and Jean Paul Getty met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 3:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 384-009, December 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/384-009 (accessed September 28, 2026).