Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 742 › Conversation 742-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Watergate

Monday, June 26, 1972 · 8:31 AM–8:57 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation742-002 on Tape 742 (tape position 00:03:47–00:04:28)StartMonday, June 26, 1972 at 8:31 AMEndMonday, June 26, 1972 at 8:57 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 742-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, undocumented telephone conversation with an unidentified individual during a period of intense public scrutiny following the Watergate break-in. Due to the lack of a transcript, the specific substance of the exchange remains unknown, though it reflects the President's routine of conducting private, unrecorded-style consultations during the early stages of the scandal. This interaction serves as a historical example of the gaps within the archival record regarding sensitive communications from the summer of 1972.

Audio

Easy Nixon does not have audio for this conversation yet: the Nixon Library lists it as “being processed”, and the National Archives Catalog has not put it online. It will be added once it is released. See the Nixon Library record ↗.

NARA Description

On June 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:31 am and 8:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 742-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 742-2

Date: June 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:31 am and 8:57 am
Location: Oval Office

An unknown person talked with the President.

      Telephone call

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available because Easy Nixon does not have the audio yet.

Also recorded on June 26, 1972

742-001 8:30 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:30 am to 8:31 am.
742-003 8:31 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:31 am and 8:57 am.
742-004 8:31 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:31 am and 8:57 am.
742-005 8:31 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Terry L. Decker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:31 am and 8:57 am.
742-006 8:57 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:57 am to 9:40 am.
742-007 9:40 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 9:50 am.
742-008 9:50 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:50 am to 10:45 am.
742-009 10:45 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:59 am.

All 32 conversations from June 26, 1972 →

Nixon, Haig & Woods on Watergate and J. Edgar Hoover May 11, 1973 · 2 min
Nixon phone call with Woods June 16, 1971 · 5 min
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Presidential diary May 17, 1972 · 2 min
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Withdrawn material November 10, 1971 · 1 min
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential aircraft and Alexander Haig March 13, 1973 · 5 min

Cite this conversation

Conversation 742-002, June 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/742-002 (accessed November 14, 2026).