Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 757 › Conversation 757-024

Nixon alone in the Oval Office on Dictation and Memorandum

Monday, July 31, 1972 · 11:11 PM–11:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation757-024 on Tape 757StartMonday, July 31, 1972 at 11:11 PMEndMonday, July 31, 1972 at 11:18 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 757-024 ↗

A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:11 pm and 11:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 757-024 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 757-24

Date: July 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:11 pm and 11:18 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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Conversation 757-024, July 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/757-024 (accessed November 15, 2026).