Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 765 › Conversation 765-026
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Camp David
Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 5:44 PM–5:50 PM ET · Oval Office ·43 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown woman to sign photographs before being joined by White House aide Stephen B. Bull. Their discussion centered on logistical arrangements for an upcoming presidential retreat at Camp David, specifically concerning the attendance and transportation of Secretary of Defense Elliot L. Richardson. The group concluded the meeting by coordinating the departure via helicopter.
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NARA Description
On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 765-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 765-26
Date: August 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:44 pm and 5:50 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown woman.
Pictures to be signed
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:44 pm.
The President’s forthcoming Camp David meeting
-Elliot L. Richardson’s attendance
-Richardson’s return from Camp David
-Helicopter
The President, Bull and the unknown woman left at an unknown time before 5:50 pm.
(rev. Nov-03)Also recorded on August 8, 1972
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- 363-019 4:59 PM · 8 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
- 029-064 5:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
- 363-022 5:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
- 029-072 5:07 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:07 pm on August 8, 1972 and 3:52 pm on August 14, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 765-025 5:19 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Boris V. Petrovsky, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Elliot L. Richardson, Roger O. Egeberg, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:19 pm to 5:44 pm.
- 765-028 5:50 PM · 9 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:50 pm on August 8, 1972 and 4:44 pm on August 10, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 765-026, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/765-026 (accessed September 18, 2026).