Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 758 › Conversation 758-016

Nixon, Brown & Scott on Oval Office and Photo opportunity

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 4:53 PM–4:57 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Brown, Robert J.; Scott, Stanley S.; White House photographerConversation758-016 on Tape 758StartTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 4:53 PMEndTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 4:57 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 758-016 ↗

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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NARA Description

On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert J. Brown, Stanley S. Scott, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 4:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 758-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 758-16

Date: August 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:53 pm - 4:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Robert J. Brown and Stanley S. Scott. The White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting. The recording began while the conversation was in

progress.

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The President, Brown and Scott left at 4:57 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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  • 028-036 4:33 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:33 pm and 5:20 pm.
  • 758-017 4:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard K. Cook, Max L. Friedersdorf, John E. Nidecker, and incumbent Republican Congressmen and candidates, including John J. Bishop, Jr., William J. Dowd, Howard W. Robison, John N. Erlenborn, John M. Zwach, Elford A. Cederberg, Charles S. Gubser, Philip M. Crane, Charles A. Mosher, Mark Andrews, John J. Duncan, J. Herbert Burke, Paul Findley, John Kyl, Alvin O'Konski, John T. Myers, Manuel Lujan, Jr., Delwin M. Clawson, William Archer, Jr., M. Gene Snyder, Clifford P. Case, Mark O. Hatfield, Edward G. Biester, Jr., Garry E. Brown, Silvio O. Conte, Glenn R. Davis, Edward J. Derwinski, William L. Dickinson, Craig Hosmer, David T. Martin, William E. Minshall, Ancher Nelsen, John J. Rhodes, Philip E. Ruppe, Charles W. Sandman, Jr., John P. Saylor, William Scherle, and White House photographer, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:57 pm to 5:17 pm.
  • 758-018 5:17 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:20 pm.
  • 758-019 5:17 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:20 pm.
  • 028-037 5:20 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan talked on the telephone from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 758-020 5:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 758-016, 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/758-016 (accessed November 5, 2026).