Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 762 › Conversation 762-001
Nixon White House recording on White House Tapes and Oval Office
Friday, August 4, 1972 · 1:48 PM–8:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
This recording consists of a 41-minute and 58-second segment involving unidentified participants meeting in the Oval Office. Due to the withdrawal of the material for non-historical reasons, no substantive information regarding the topics, decisions, or developments of the discussion is available. Consequently, the meeting's purpose and the identities of those involved remain officially unknown.
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:48 pm on August 4, 1972 and 8:20 am on August 7, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 762-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 762-1 Date: Unknown between August 4 and August 7, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:48 pm, August 4, 1972 and before 8:20 am, August 7, 1972 Location: Oval Office Unknown people met. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical] [Duration: 41m 58s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 8:20 am, August 7, 1972.
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- 029-020 2:28 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
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- 362-003 2:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 2:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 762-001, August 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/762-001 (accessed October 1, 2026).