President Nixon utilized this brief morning session in the Oval Office to record personal dictation for his records. The interaction involved an unidentified individual whose presence did not result in a recorded dialogue. Consequently, the session focused exclusively on the President's administrative tasks and official reflections rather than a collaborative discussion or policy deliberation.
On August 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 768-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 768-3
Date: August 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:00 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
The President’s dictation
-Transcription
(rev. Nov-03)
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:00 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.