Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 757 › Conversation 757-012
Nixon alone in the Oval Office on Presidential dictation
Monday, July 31, 1972 · 9:06 PM–9:51 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session to dictate a personal memorandum for the historical record. The recording consists primarily of a private dictation regarding sensitive matters designated as personal and returnable. No other participants were present during this brief administrative task.
- Presidential dictation
- Memorandum for the file
- Executive record-keeping
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
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 757-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 757-12 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 ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 43s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************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.
- 757-010 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.
- 757-011 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.
- 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 757-012, 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/757-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).