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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office operations and Personnel management

Friday, June 2, 1972 · 12:08 PM–12:25 PM ET · Oval Office

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation727-007 on Tape 727 (tape position 01:26:49–01:28:12)StartFriday, June 2, 1972 at 12:08 PMEndFriday, June 2, 1972 at 12:25 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 727-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and unidentified staff members discuss logistical coordination for the President's upcoming schedule, specifically focusing on an afternoon appointment. The participants coordinate the timing of the President's departure and his transition to another engagement involving an individual referred to as Mr. Scott. The brief meeting concludes with instructions to manage the schedule and facilitate these arrangements.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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· Timestamps are positions within the full tape recording.
1:26:18He just came in one.
1:26:19Yeah, he just came in one.
1:26:22He just came in one.
1:26:28He just came in one.
1:26:28He just came in one.
1:26:29He just came in one.
1:26:31He just came in one.
1:26:48He's going to worship.
1:26:50He's going to worship.
1:26:53He's not going to sleep.
1:26:56He's going to worship.
1:28:07And, uh, since he's one o'clock, we'll just have him at one o'clock.
1:28:11Well, no, I'm here.
1:28:11I need to take off, because I have to leave.
1:28:13If I ever wanted to be there, I'd leave at one o'clock.
1:28:17At one o'clock.
1:28:18Yes, sir.
1:28:19When I get the sign out of the way, I'll have it called.
1:28:22Yes, sir.
1:28:22Uh, this is just a great opportunity.
1:28:23I'm calling Mr. Scott.
1:28:24He's a comrade.
1:28:24He's going to work in my stance.
1:28:26But now, as I've said, I'm going to take care of him.
1:28:29He's going to get it.
1:28:32You want to sit down there?

NARA Description

On June 2, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 727-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 727-7

Date: June 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:08 and 12:25 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown persons met.

     The President's schedule
          -Barber shop

This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 12:25 pm.

Also recorded on June 2, 1972

  • 025-006 11:49 PM · 10 sec — Edward R. F. Cox and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:49 pm on June 1, 1972 and 8:30 am on June 6, 1972.
  • 727-001 8:25 AM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:25 am to 9:11 am.
  • 727-002 9:11 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:11 am and 9:45 am.
  • 727-003 9:11 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:11 am and 9:45 am.
  • 727-004 9:11 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:11 am and 9:45 am.
  • 727-005 9:45 AM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:03 am.
  • 727-006 10:03 AM · 31 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 12:08 pm.
  • 727-008 12:25 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 1:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 727-007, June 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/727-007 (accessed October 9, 2026).