Who was Richard Nixon talking to during the “mysterious” missing 18 minutes of White House tapes?
18½ minute gap tape Nixon appointed another special counsel, Leon Jaworski. The White House then agreed to comply with the subpoena and gave some of the subpoenaed conversations to Chief Judge Sirica. The White House informed the Court that two subpoenaed conversations had not been recorded, and that an 18½ minute gap existed on a third tape, tape 342, which recorded a conversation between President Nixon and Chief of Staff H.R. “Bob” Haldeman on June 20, 1972. Many historians are convinced that the 18½ missing minutes contained evidence on the case that Nixon did not want to reveal — some say it contained evidence that he was involved and participated in the Watergate Affair of 1972 and he personally erased the 18½ minutes.
