Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 714 › Conversation 714-023

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Briefcase delivery

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 4:48 PM–4:49 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation714-023 onTape 714 (tape position 04:28:36–04:28:58)StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 4:48 PMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 4:49 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 714-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with an unknown woman who delivered a briefcase to the Oval Office. During the brief exchange, the unidentified visitor recounted a past experience involving an anti-war heckler at a public event. The conversation concluded shortly thereafter without any formal policy decisions or further administrative action.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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4:28:33What do you think of it?
4:28:34They should have their damn press things removed.
4:28:37No, they're too much.
4:28:38You know, when I was a couple of years ago, after we did the show here, before we left, you remember we had the rehearsal here?
4:28:44Yeah.
4:28:44Oh, yeah.
4:28:45I went to Live Cave.
4:28:47It was our first day to Vietnam.
4:28:50Live Cave.
4:28:51And I said, I had a couple of jokes about being here.
4:28:55I said, the president has a plan to end this war.
4:28:59And a couple of kids, two or three went boo, which they do if you say second lieutenant or anything, you know?
4:29:06Boo, boo, like that.
4:29:08Now, I have heard up until three days ago that they booed me at YK.

NARA Description

On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:48 pm and 4:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 714-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 714-23

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:48 pm and 4:49 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown woman.

     Delivery of briefcase

The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 4:49 pm.

Also recorded on April 20, 1972

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  • 023-057 3:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:19 pm and 3:36 pm.
  • 023-058 3:36 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:43 pm.
  • 714-019 4:16 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:16 pm and 4:18 pm.
  • 714-020 4:18 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:18 pm to 4:21 pm.
  • 714-021 4:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:21 pm to 4:24 pm.
  • 714-022 4:29 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:29 pm to 4:48 pm.
  • 714-024 4:49 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 714-023, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/714-023 (accessed September 18, 2026).