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Nixon & Miller on Oval Office and White House Tapes

Monday, October 16, 1972 · 5:01 PM–5:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Miller, PaulConversation800-001 on Tape 800StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 5:01 PMEndMonday, October 16, 1972 at 5:03 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 800-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417181787 ↗

A 14-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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NARA Description

On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 800-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 799-36/800-1

Date: October 16, 1972
Time: 5:01 pm - 5:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Paul Miller.

[This recording began at an unknown time while the conversation was in progress.]

[See Conversation No. 31-74; one item has been withdrawn.]

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Also recorded on October 16, 1972

  • 031-073 4:53 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 799-034 4:53 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 799-035 4:53 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 031-074 5:01 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller talked on the telephone from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm.
  • 799-036 5:01 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul Miller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:03 pm.
  • 800-002 5:03 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., William R. Hearst, White House operator, unknown person(s), Robert W. Galvin, and Martin S. Hayden met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:03 pm to 5:26 pm.
  • 031-075 5:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William R. Hearst talked on the telephone from 5:04 pm to 5:08 pm.
  • 031-076 5:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:08 pm and 5:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 800-001, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181787). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/800-001 (accessed November 9, 2026).