Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 740 › Conversation 740-002
Nixon, Angelo & Cormier on Press relations and Baseball history
Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 3:02 PM–3:44 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with journalists Bonnie Angelo, Frank Cormier, and Sarah McLendon for an informal press conference. The discussion spanned a wide range of casual topics, including Nixon's wedding anniversary, the film "The Cardinal," and his daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The group also engaged in a lighthearted conversation regarding baseball history and the legacies of prominent players like Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson.
- Press relations
- Baseball history
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower
- The Cardinal
- Presidential anniversaries
Audio
Audio for this conversation has not been released by the National Archives.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Bonnie Angelo, Frank Cormier, and Sarah McLendon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:02 pm to 3:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 740-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 740-2
Date: June 22, 1972
Time: 3:02-3:44 pm.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Bonnie Angelo, Frank Cormier, Sarah McClendon, and unknown
members of the press.
This recording began at an unknown time while the conversation was in progress
[A list of attendees at this press conference was not included in the Daily Diary.]
[An edited transcript of this press conference appears in Public Papers of the Presidents:
Richard Nixon 1972, pp. 690-701.]
Press Conference
-Questions
California
Baseball
-Prominent players
-Lou Gehrig
-George Herman "Babe" Ruth
-Jackie Robinson
-Mickey Mantle
-Ted Williams
(rev. Feb-02)
-Ty Cobb
-Stan Musial
-Pitchers
-Mantle
Autograph
-J.A. Hayward
The President's wedding anniversary
-"The Cardinal" (movie)
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Main character
-Trip to black southern church
-Parochial schools in South
-Quality
Angelo, et al. left at 3:44 pm.Also recorded on June 22, 1972
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 740-002, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/740-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).