Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 709 › Conversation 709-011
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House Tapes
Monday, April 17, 1972 · 10:48 AM–10:51 AM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures a brief three-second encounter between President Nixon and unidentified individuals in the Oval Office. Due to the extremely short duration of the interaction and the lack of an available transcript, the specific purpose and content of the meeting remain undocumented. Consequently, no substantive discussions or policy decisions were captured by the taping system.
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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.
NARA Description
On April 17, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 10:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 709-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 709-11 Date: April 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:48 am and 10:51 am Location: Oval Office Unknown persons met. ***************************************************************** [Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/04/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Non-Historical] [709-011-w001] [Duration: 3s] ***************************************************************** The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 10:51 am.
Also recorded on April 17, 1972
- 709-009 9:35 AM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:35 am to 10:32 am.
- 709-010 10:32 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and Witold Trampczynski met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:32 am to 10:46 am.
- 709-012 10:48 AM · 33 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 10:51 am.
- 709-013 10:51 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 11:03 am.
- 709-014 11:07 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:33 am.
- 023-001 11:35 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:50 am.
- 023-002 11:35 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:50 am.
- 709-015 11:35 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 709-011, April 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/709-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).