Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 642 › Conversation 642-007
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Richard A. Moore
Monday, January 3, 1972 · 9:02 AM–9:07 AM ET · Oval Office ·28 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Richard A. Moore. This brief interaction serves as an administrative coordination step to establish communication with a member of the administration. No further policy or strategic developments are discussed during this exchange.
- Richard A. Moore
- White House operations
- Administrative communications
- Telephone coordination
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Position in tape: 02:12:53 – 02:13:25
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NARA Description
On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 642-7
Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:02 am and 9:07 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Richard A. MooreAlso recorded on January 3, 1972
- 642-005 8:45 AM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:02 am.
- 642-006 9:02 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:07 am.
- 642-008 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:07 am.
- 642-009 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 9:07 am.
- 642-010 9:07 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:07 am to 9:14 am.
- 642-011 9:15 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald L. Warren, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:15 am to 9:19 am.
- 018-001 9:19 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:19 am.
- 018-002 9:19 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:23 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 642-007, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/642-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).