Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 650 › Conversation 650-014
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 3:42 PM–3:45 PM ET · Oval Office · 6 sec
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On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 650-14
Date: January 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:45 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 18, 1972
- 018-102 12:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Gerald R. Ford, and Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:41 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 650-013 2:30 PM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Zosimo T. Monzon, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:30 pm to 3:42 pm.
- 018-103 2:40 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:28 pm.
- 018-104 3:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:29 pm.
- 650-015 3:45 PM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:45 pm.
- 018-105 4:12 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
- 019-001 4:12 PM · 52 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:23 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 019-002 5:23 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:23 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 650-014, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180443). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-014 (accessed November 13, 2026).