Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 758 › Conversation 758-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 7:41 AM–8:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation758-001 on Tape 758StartTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 7:41 AMEndTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 8:20 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 758-001 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified woman in the Oval Office for a brief morning discussion. The conversation began with standard greetings, though the substance of the meeting remains entirely unintelligible due to a lack of available transcript data. No specific policy decisions or significant developments were recorded during this brief encounter.

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On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:41 am and 8:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 758-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 758-1

Date: August 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:41 am and 8:20 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown woman.

              Greetings

The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 8:20 am.
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Conversation 758-001, 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/758-001 (accessed October 1, 2026).