Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 739 › Conversation 739-007

Nixon & Monzon on Tobacco procurement and Robert H. Abplanalp

Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 12:30 PM–12:33 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Monzon, Zosimo T.Conversation739-007 on Tape 739 (tape position 03:23:55–03:25:01)StartWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 12:30 PMEndWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 12:33 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 739-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Zosimo T. Monzon to arrange the procurement of a specific type of tobacco he had previously obtained from Robert H. Abplanalp. Nixon directed Monzon to retrieve a sample from his briefcase to serve as a reference for a local tobacco shop. The President requested that Monzon locate this product locally or coordinate a mail-order purchase if the specific brand was unavailable.

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Keep over in my briefcase, in the trunk of it, there's a, there's a container, a five-pound container of some tobacco that I got when I was down in Mr. Eklund's place.
He probably got his British tobacco that he picked up, one of the boys, Les had picked up over at Nassau.
I have a delivery up to there.
You just look at the briefcase and pick it up and see if one of the boys maybe could go over or maybe you just look up some.
You might go over to Garfield's or to some good tobacco shop to see if you could get some of that particular tobacco.
So if they can't, they'll have to mail them to you or mail them to you.
You can just hand them that and say, I'd like to have this kind and see if they have it or if they have something that exists.
Listen, listen to me.

NARA Description

On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 739-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 739-7

Date: June 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:30 and 12:33 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 25-103]

[End of telephone conversation]

Zosimo T. Monzon entered at an unknown time after 12:30 pm.

     Tobacco
         -Robert H. Abplanalp
         -Additional purchases

Monzon left before 12:33 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 739-007, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/739-007 (accessed September 30, 2026).