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Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Presidential symbolism

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 12:36 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation937-020 on Tape 937StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 12:36 PMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 937-020 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified tour guide or staff member conducts a walkthrough of the Oval Office, describing the space to visitors. The dialogue focuses on the room's significance as the seat of government, highlighting its use for press conferences, televised speeches, and the display of service flags to denote the President's role as Commander-in-Chief. The participants also briefly discuss the President's movements between the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building and note the presence of press photographers.

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And go ahead.
This is your office.
And this is where the government is headed.
Ready to go this time.
100% of the time it's number one.
It's the needs of Sanford and I have to do it here.
I also do press conferences and televised speeches.
You see here, the Army Ministry of the Clothes, the curtains.
Okay, and they buy service bikes because he's a man of cheese.
So, is he gone for the O.D.?
Yeah, he's gone.
Okay.
So, I've seen her.
I've seen her walk back in cases, too.
I don't know.
The, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh,

NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 937-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 937-20

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:36 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people met at an unknown time after 12:36 pm.

     Greeting

     Oval Office
          -Press conferences
          -Speeches
          -Curtains
          -Service flags
                 -Role of President as Commander-in-Chief

     President’s location
           -Executive Office Building [EOB]

     Sightings of President

     Press photographers

The recording cut off at an unknown time after 12:36 pm.

Also recorded on June 12, 1973

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  • 040-029 12:52 PM · 2 min — Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:52 pm to 12:54 pm.
  • 040-030 1:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:15 pm.
  • 040-031 1:15 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
  • 444-015 1:15 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:16 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 937-020, June 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/937-020 (accessed October 9, 2026).