Bobby did tape his meetings, but selectively. There are rumours that during the 1980-81 transition, many transcripts were destroyed and certain tapes demagnetized. Namely: the 1973 coup in Chile by Army Chief of Staff Roberto Souper, the 1976 RNC break-in (hardly required given that year's landslide), and surveillance of political enemies like Gov. Robert Finch of California and Sen. George H.W. Bush (R-TX), Kennedy's successor in the White House. All remaining transcripts were transferred to his personal archives, not for public consumption.