Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 757 › Conversation 757-010
Nixon alone in the Oval Office on Presidential memorandum and Record-keeping
Monday, July 31, 1972 · 9:06 PM–9:51 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized the Oval Office taping system to dictate a memorandum for his personal files. While the specific content of the recording remains restricted under a withdrawal category, the session functioned as an administrative record-keeping task. The dictation serves as an official internal documentation of presidential actions or observations.
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NARA Description
On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 757-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 757-10 Date: July 31, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm Location: Oval Office The President dictated a memorandum for the file. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 11m 49s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
Also recorded on August 1, 1972
- 028-018 8:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 8:44 pm to 8:46 pm.
- 757-007 8:44 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:44 pm to 8:46 pm.
- 028-019 9:05 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 9:05 pm to 9:06 pm.
- 757-008 9:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 pm to 9:06 pm.
- 757-009 9:06 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm.
- 757-011 9:06 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm.
- 757-012 9:06 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 pm and 9:51 pm.
- 028-020 9:51 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:51 pm to 9:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 757-010, August 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/757-010 (accessed October 1, 2026).