Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 766 › Conversation 766-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on John D. Ehrlichman

Thursday, August 10, 1972 · 4:44 PM–4:46 PM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation766-001 on Tape 766StartThursday, August 10, 1972 at 4:44 PMEndThursday, August 10, 1972 at 4:46 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 766-001 ↗

A 19-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 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 766-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 766-1

Date: August 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:44 pm and 4:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

      The President's schedule
           -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
                 -Meeting with Rose Mary Woods
                 -Timing

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:46 pm.

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  • 139-007 4:10 PM · 23 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 4:10 pm on August 10, 1972 and 2:03 pm on August 11, 1972.
  • 766-002 4:46 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, Jim Brown, John L. Wilkes, Stanley S. Scott, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:46 pm to 5:07 pm.
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  • 766-004 5:07 PM · 2 min — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:07 pm and 6:29 pm.
  • 766-003 6:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:29 pm and 6:33 pm.
  • 766-005 6:33 PM · 8 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:33 pm and 7:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 766-001, August 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/766-001 (accessed November 2, 2026).