Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-024

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 4:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation336-024 on Tape 336 (tape position 01:47:12–01:47:37)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:25 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:25 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 336-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator while located in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange appears to be a logistical or administrative communication rather than a formal policy discussion. No significant political decisions or substantive developments occur during this brief contact.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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1:47:32I'd like you to dress over here, Jesus.

NARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 336-24

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: 4:25 pm

                                        (rev. Nov-01)

Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 24-10]

Also recorded on May 8, 1972

  • 024-009 4:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 336-022 4:15 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 336-023 4:15 PM · 27 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 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 024-010 4:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:25 pm.
  • 336-025 4:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:35 pm.
  • 336-026 4:25 PM · 16 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 4:25 pm and 4:35 pm.
  • 336-027 4:25 PM · 30 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 4:25 pm and 4:35 pm.
  • 024-011 4:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 336-024, May 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/336-024 (accessed September 18, 2026).