Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 746 › Conversation 746-020
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Administrative
Saturday, July 1, 1972 · 1:08 PM–9:06 AM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec
AI Summary
This recording captures an brief, unidentified interaction occurring within the Oval Office, involving individuals whose identities remain unknown. The primary activity appears to be non-substantive, as the brief audio segment was withdrawn for being non-historical in nature. No administrative or policy-related decisions were conducted, as the recording consists entirely of incidental background noise or activity.
- Oval Office
- Administrative
- Incidental Audio
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 746-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 746-20 Date: July 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:08 pm, July 1, 1972 and 9:06 am, July 19, 1972 Location: Oval Office Unknown persons [cleaning crew?] met. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical] [Duration: 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The conversation was cut-off at an unknown time before 9:06 am, July 19, 1972.
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- 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.
- 746-018 1:02 PM · 2 min — 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.
- 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 746-020, 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/746-020 (accessed October 2, 2026).