Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 794 › Conversation 794-020
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office
Monday, October 9, 1972 · 12:39 PM–12:46 PM ET · Oval Office ·13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. Due to the lack of available transcripts or descriptive metadata, the specific subject matter and any potential directives resulting from the discussion remain historically undocumented. The interaction concluded within seven minutes, leaving no record of the participants' agenda or outcomes.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 794-20
Date: October 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
Instruction
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.
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- 794-007 12:36 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 12:37 pm.
- 794-008 12:39 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm.
- 794-009 12:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm.
- 365-004 12:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 1:38 pm.
- 794-010 12:46 PM · 55 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 794-011 12:46 PM · 25 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 794-012 12:46 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel I. Newhouse, Herbert G. Klein, Stephen B. Bull, and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 794-020, October 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/794-020 (accessed September 18, 2026).