Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 725 › Conversation 725-040

Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and White House tours

Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 11:03 AM–11:30 AM ET · Oval Office · 12 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation725-040 on Tape 725 (tape position 03:21:20–03:33:38)StartTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 11:03 AMEndTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 11:30 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 725-040 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon conducted a brief tour of the Oval Office and nearby White House facilities for unknown visitors. The dialogue focuses on logistical coordination regarding the tour route, specifically directing the guests toward the Cabinet Room and the Executive Office Building. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions were discussed during this casual interaction.

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Position in tape: 03:21:20 – 03:33:38

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NARA Description

On May 16, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 725-040 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 725-40

Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:03 am and 11:30 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met.

     Oval Office tour
          -Furnishings
               -Flowers

     Tour
            -Itinerary
                  -Cabinet Room
                  -Executive Office Building

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:30 am.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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This is the...

Thank you.

Where are you going?

We're going to the cabin.

Yeah, yeah.

So we're going to go to the back of the cabin.

We're going to the back of the cabin.

You know?

Also recorded on May 16, 1972

725-024 10:23 AM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 10:52 am.
725-025 10:52 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:52 am and 10:55 am.
725-026 10:55 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:55 am to 11:03 am.
101-009 11:03 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Cabinet officers and staffers, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, [David] Kenneth Rush, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Peter G. Peterson, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, Frederic V. Malek, Robert J. Brown, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Ezra Solomon, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:59 pm.
725-039 11:03 AM · 14 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:30 am.
725-027 11:30 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:30 am.
725-028 11:31 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 11:35 am.
024-149 11:49 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 11:54 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 725-040, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/725-040 (accessed November 2, 2026).