President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office for a brief, two-minute encounter. Due to the limited duration of the recording and the withdrawal of segment content, the specific agenda and substance of the dialogue remain unknown. No substantive policy developments or administrative decisions are discernable from the available record.
On October 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:59 am and 9:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 796-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 796-1 Date: October 12, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:59 am and 9:01 am Location: Oval Office The President met with an unknown person; the recording began while the conversation was in progress. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:01 am.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.