Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 677 › Conversation 677-008

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on White House logistics

Monday, March 6, 1972 · 10:30 AM–12:28 PM ET · Oval Office ·11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation677-008 onTape 677 (tape position 02:51:16–02:51:33)StartMonday, March 6, 1972 at 10:30 AMEndMonday, March 6, 1972 at 12:28 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 677-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and unidentified participants engage in a brief, administrative exchange regarding the location and status of a specific individual. The discussion serves as a logistical coordination effort to locate this person for an unspecified purpose. No substantive policy or political decisions are addressed in this short segment.

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Oh, he's still down there.

We'll find him, thank you.

NARA Description

On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 12:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 677-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 677-8

Date: March 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 12:28 pm
Location: Oval Office

     Unknown man’s schedule

Also recorded on March 6, 1972

677-004 8:38 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:38 am to 9:08 am.
677-005 9:12 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, Edward L. Morgan, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 10:30 am.
677-006 10:30 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 12:28 pm.
677-007 10:30 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 12:28 pm.
093-003 11:46 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cabinet Committee on Education and the Council of Black Appointees, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, John B. Connally, Elliot L. Richardson, Dr. Sidney P. Marland, Jr., John D. Ehrlichman, Roy D. Morey, Lewis A. Engman, Edward L. Morgan, Ronald L. Ziegler, Mary T. Brooks, William G. Colman, Hilda A. Davis, John H. Fischer, Dorothy M. L. Ford, Norman Francis, Eugene Gonzales, David H. Kurtzman, Rev. William E. McManus, Duane J. Matthies, Wendell H. Pierce, William G. Saltonstall, William B. Thompson, Ivan E. Zylstra, Norman Karsh, and Clint Pace, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 11:46 am to 12:27 pm.
677-009 12:28 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:31 pm.
677-010 12:31 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 1:28 pm.
677-011 1:28 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 677-008, March 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/677-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).