Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 819 › Conversation 819-001
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Unidentified participants
Sunday, December 10, 1972 · 1:15 PM–10:18 AM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec
AI Summary
This recording consists of a brief, two-minute interaction between two unidentified individuals held in the Oval Office. Due to the withdrawal of the material and the lack of available transcripts, the specific context, participants, and subject matter of the discussion remain unknown. Consequently, no policy decisions or substantive developments can be attributed to this exchange.
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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
Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:15 pm on December 10, 1972 and 10:18 am on December 11, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 819-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 819-1 Date: December 10 or December 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm, December 10, 1972 and 10:18 am, December 11, 1972 Location: Oval Office An unknown man talked with an unknown person. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Unintelligible] [Duration: 2m 1s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 819-001, December 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/819-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).