Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 800 › Conversation 800-001
Nixon & Miller on Presidential Meetings and Oval Office
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 5:01 PM–5:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with Paul Miller in the Oval Office to address an undisclosed matter. The conversation occurred as an ongoing discussion, though the specific substance remains unavailable due to the lack of a transcript and the withdrawal of one item from the record. No definitive actions or decisions were captured in the available documentation for this short exchange.
- Presidential Meetings
- Oval Office
- White House Tapes
- Administration Records
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
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 [See Conversation No. 31-74; one item has been withdrawn.]
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 · 9 sec — 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 800-001, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/800-001 (accessed September 25, 2026).