Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 771 › Conversation 771-004

Nixon alone in the Oval Office on Dictabelt and Administrative review

Wednesday, September 6, 1972 · 9:48 AM–9:53 AM ET · Oval Office ·13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation771-004 onTape 771StartWednesday, September 6, 1972 at 9:48 AMEndWednesday, September 6, 1972 at 9:53 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 771-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon utilized this short Oval Office session to listen to a dictabelt recording. The meeting functioned as a period of private administrative review. Due to the withdrawal of the recorded material, no substantive policy discussions or specific action items were captured for the historical record.

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NARA Description

On September 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 771-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 771-4

Date: September 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:48 am and 9:53 am
Location: Oval Office

The President played a dictabelt.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 25s        ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on September 6, 1972

  • 771-001 7:53 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:53 am and 8:13 am.
  • 771-002 8:13 AM · 1 hr 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, William P. Rogers, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:13 am to 9:48 am.
  • 771-003 9:48 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:53 am.
  • 771-005 9:53 AM · 1 hr 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Charles W. Colson, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:53 am to 12:38 pm.
  • 771-006 12:38 PM · 38 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 362-025 12:40 PM · 17 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 12:40 pm and 2:16 pm.
  • 362-026 12:40 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 2:16 pm.
  • 362-027 2:16 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 2:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 771-004, September 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/771-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).