Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 748 › Conversation 748-009
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Henry A. Kissinger
Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 12:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief administrative exchange regarding his upcoming schedule and the availability of his office. He coordinated the logistics for a meeting with Henry A. Kissinger, specifically noting that the discussion would take place in the Oval Office rather than the Executive Office Building. This brief interaction served to organize the President's immediate agenda and confirm the meeting location for his national security advisor.
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NARA Description
On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 748-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 748-9
Date: July 20, 1972
Time: 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person.
The President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Executive Office Building [EOB]Also recorded on July 20, 1972
- 748-008 12:03 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm.
- 748-010 12:03 PM · 15 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:03 pm on July 20, 1972 and 10:09 am on July 21, 1972.
- 349-001 12:04 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:04 pm to 12:20 pm.
- 027-021 12:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.
- 349-002 12:20 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.
- 349-003 12:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.
- 349-004 12:20 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.
- 349-005 12:20 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 748-009, July 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/748-009 (accessed October 2, 2026).