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Nixon & Goode on Presidential speech and Oval Office

Tuesday, January 25, 1972 · 8:30 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Goode, Mark I.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation656-001 on Tape 656 (tape position 00:00:30–00:01:59)StartTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 8:30 PMEndTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 656-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Mark I. Goode and other unidentified individuals to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming presidential speech. The discussion focused on technical details regarding the stage environment, specifically addressing the placement of an object and ceiling configurations. The participants also briefly touched upon weather-related concerns, including wind conditions and appropriate attire.

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NARA Description

On January 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Mark I. Goode, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 656-1

Date: January 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:30 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Mark I. Goode [?] and unknown people.

     Arrangements for the President’s speech
          -Ceiling
          -Placement of unknown object

     Weather
         -Coat
         -Wind

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.

Also recorded on January 26, 1972

  • 655-005 8:19 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mark I. Goode, William H. Carruthers, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:19 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 019-064 8:55 PM · 15 sec — Henry A. Kissinger, President Richard M. Nixon, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 9:21 pm.
  • 019-065 8:55 PM · 8 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-066 8:55 PM · 9 sec — the White House operator and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-067 8:55 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-068 8:55 PM · 18 sec — the White House operator and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-069 8:55 PM · 3 min — Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Michael M. Marshall, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-070 8:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.

All 102 conversations from January 26, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 656-001, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-001 (accessed October 6, 2026).