Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 335 › Conversation 335-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Wednesday, May 3, 1972 · 2:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation335-012 on Tape 335 (tape position 00:43:36–00:44:39)StartWednesday, May 3, 1972 at 2:30 PMEndWednesday, May 3, 1972 at 2:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 335-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to an unnamed individual upon their arrival. He emphasized that the connection should not be initiated until he had completed other pending tasks. This brief exchange served to coordinate the President's immediate schedule and communication priorities.

Audio

part A, 43:36

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NARA Description

On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 335-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 335-12

Date: May 3, 1972
Time: 2:30 pm.
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 23-136]

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Yeah.
And call me when he gets in, but not until after...
I'll call him back, because I'm going to have something to do here.

Also recorded on May 3, 1972

  • 023-136 2:30 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:30 pm.
  • 335-013 2:30 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:30 pm.
  • 335-014 2:30 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 335-015 2:40 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:41 pm.
  • 335-016 2:41 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:41 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 023-137 2:48 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 2:48 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 335-017 2:50 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard G. Kleindienst, L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III, unknown person(s), John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 023-138 2:53 PM · 2 min — John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 3:10 pm.

All 59 conversations from May 3, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 335-012, May 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/335-012 (accessed October 28, 2026).