Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 642 › Conversation 642-028
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on State of the Union
Monday, January 3, 1972 · 12:46 PM–2:07 PM ET · Oval Office · 28 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with unidentified staff members to discuss administrative logistics and personnel issues within the White House. The conversation touched upon the President's public image and media consumption, as well as the scheduling of the upcoming State of the Union address for January 20th. Additionally, the President expressed frustration regarding the cleanliness of the office and directed staff to locate missing notes and documents he had recently handled.
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NARA Description
On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 2:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 642-28
Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 2:07 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with unknown men.
Cleanliness of outer room
-Demotion of individual responsible
[Unintelligible]
The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 2:07 pm.Also recorded on January 3, 1972
- 642-037 12:18 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Kauffman, Stephen M. Morris, Jack A. L. Hahn, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:32 pm.
- 018-011 12:32 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:36 pm.
- 018-012 12:32 PM · 8 min — the White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, President Richard M. Nixon, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:43 pm.
- 642-038 12:32 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:36 pm.
- 642-039 12:32 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:43 pm.
- 642-040 12:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.
- 642-041 12:43 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:45 pm.
- 642-042 12:45 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 12:46 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 642-028, 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/642-028 (accessed October 22, 2026).