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

Wednesday, April 12, 1972 · 11:22 AM–11:33 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation707-009 on Tape 707 (tape position 00:35:42–00:35:45)StartWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 11:22 AMEndWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 11:33 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 707-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation serves primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or major strategic decisions occurred during this brief exchange.

Audio

part A, 35:42

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:35:42 to 00:35:45 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 707-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 707-9

Date: April 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:22 am and 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 22-116]

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on April 12, 1972

  • 707-005 10:14 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:26 am.
  • 707-006 10:26 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:32 am.
  • 707-007 10:26 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:32 am.
  • 022-116 11:22 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:33 am.
  • 707-008 11:22 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:33 am.
  • 022-117 11:33 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 11:33 am to 11:36 am.
  • 707-010 11:33 AM · 2 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Beverly J. Kaye, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:33 am to 1:40 pm.
  • 330-032 1:40 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.

All 34 conversations from April 12, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 707-009, April 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/707-009 (accessed November 15, 2026).