Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 730 › Conversation 730-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Attorney General

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 10:57 AM–11:10 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation730-004 on Tape 730 (tape position 02:13:06–02:24:48)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 10:57 AMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 11:10 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 730-004 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The discussion primarily centered on matters pertaining to the Attorney General. Due to the lack of available documentation or transcripts, the specific details regarding the agenda and any resulting action items remain unknown.

Audio for this conversation has not been released by the National Archives.

No transcript is available because the audio has not been released.

On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 730-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 730-4

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:57 and 11:10 am.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

     Speech
          -Attorney General

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:10 am.
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Conversation 730-004, June 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/730-004 (accessed September 30, 2026).