Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 799 › Conversation 799-008
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Barry Goldwater
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 9:32 AM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec
A 9-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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On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:32 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 799-8 Date: October 16, 1972 Time: 9:32 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 31-48]
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- 031-050 9:33 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:12 am.
- 031-051 9:33 AM · 49 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:47 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 799-008, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181813). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-008 (accessed November 15, 2026).