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Nixon & Walters on Central Intelligence Agency and Personnel Management

Saturday, July 1, 1972 · 1:02 PM–1:05 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Walters, Vernon A.Conversation746-018 on Tape 746StartSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 1:02 PMEndSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 1:05 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 746-018 ↗

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President Nixon met with Deputy Director of the CIA Vernon A. Walters to discuss his adjustment to his new role within the intelligence agency. Nixon inquired about Walters' satisfaction with the position and instructed him to secure assistance in managing specific operational challenges. The conversation emphasized the President's desire for Walters to navigate these internal matters discreetly without unnecessary administrative oversight.

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before I ended up taking it.
So therefore, I don't know whether that's the only reason why, frankly, I have a great state department, because I know the league.
What do you think about this?
Yeah.
Well, I want you to get a little bit of help.
But I don't want you to have to go to my office or my computer to get it.
All the way in my direction.
Fine.
Fine.
How do you like your job?
Right.
Right.
Well, we'll get it with a few different things.
Take the CIA and the assaults.
All right.
All right.

NARA Description

On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Vernon A. Walters met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:02 pm to 1:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 746-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 746-18
Date: July 1, 1972
Time: 1:02 pm - 1:05 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters.

[See Conversation No. 26-44]

Also recorded on July 1, 1972

  • 026-040 12:16 PM · 12 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 026-041 12:16 PM · 57 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 026-042 12:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 026-043 1:00 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:00 pm to 1:02 pm.
  • 026-044 1:02 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vernon A. Walters talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:05 pm.
  • 026-058 1:05 PM · 41 min — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 11:59 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 746-019 1:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Bruce A. Kehrli met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:08 pm.
  • 746-020 1:08 PM · 12 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:08 pm on July 1, 1972 and 9:06 am on July 19, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 746-018, July 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/746-018 (accessed September 30, 2026).