Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 737 › Conversation 737-008
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Presidential meetings
Friday, June 16, 1972 · 12:53 PM–12:56 PM ET · Oval Office · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office for a brief session lasting no more than three minutes. The discussion remains opaque due to the immediate withdrawal of the recording content as a personal, returnable item. Consequently, no substantive policy matters, decisions, or developments are documented for this exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 12:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 737-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 737-8
Date: June 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:53 and 12:56 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person at an unknown time after 12:53 pm
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/18/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[737-008-w001]
[Duration: 5s]
Request
-Consommé
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Unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:56 pm.Also recorded on June 16, 1972
- 737-002 10:18 AM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Clark MacGregor, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Thomas C. Korologos, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:18 am.
- 737-003 11:18 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:18 am and 11:22 am.
- 737-004 11:22 AM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Emilio Rabasa Mishkin, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Donald F. Barnes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 12:26 pm.
- 025-071 12:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Helms talked on the telephone from 12:20 pm to 12:33 pm.
- 737-005 12:33 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 2:38 pm.
- 737-006 12:38 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:44 pm.
- 737-007 12:44 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John A. Vann, John A. Vann, Thomas Vann, Peter Vann, Frank Vann, Eugene Vann, Dorothy Vann Cadorette, Dorothy Vann Cadorette, Mary Jane Vann, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., John K. Andrews, Jr., and Joseph W. Alsop met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 12:53 pm.
- 737-009 12:56 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 737-008, June 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/737-008 (accessed September 30, 2026).