Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 339 › Conversation 339-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive Office…

Monday, May 15, 1972 · 9:19 PM–9:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation339-012 on Tape 339 (tape position 02:40:38–02:40:51)StartMonday, May 15, 1972 at 9:19 PMEndMonday, May 15, 1972 at 9:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 339-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with a White House operator in his Old Executive Office Building workspace. The interaction appears to be a routine administrative exchange, as no substantive policy or political discussions were recorded. The meeting serves primarily as a record of the President's immediate access to telecommunications support staff during late-evening hours.

Audio

part B, 38:24

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 02:40:38 to 02:40:51 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On May 15, 1972, 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 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 339-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 339-12

Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:19 and 9:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 24-123]

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on May 15, 1972

  • 024-121 9:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:16 pm to 9:19 pm.
  • 339-010 9:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:16 pm to 9:19 pm.
  • 024-122 9:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm.
  • 024-123 9:19 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm.
  • 339-011 9:19 PM · 35 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 9:19 pm and 9:23 pm.
  • 024-124 9:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:23 pm to 9:24 pm.
  • 339-013 9:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:23 pm to 9:24 pm.
  • 024-125 9:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 9:25 pm to 9:27 pm.

All 83 conversations from May 15, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 339-012, May 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/339-012 (accessed November 4, 2026).