Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 330 › Conversation 330-033

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Mitchell and Kissinger

Wednesday, April 12, 1972 · 1:40 PM–2:47 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation330-033 on Tape 330 (tape position 03:59:52–04:00:15)StartWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 1:40 PMEndWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 2:47 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 330-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with John Mitchell and Henry Kissinger to discuss sensitive notes, emphasizing the need for them to be copied and preserved immediately. The conversation focused on the handling and retention of these "devilish notes," with Nixon stressing their importance and instructing that all of them be kept. The meeting's primary action item was the urgent copying and safeguarding of these documents.

Nixon
Mitchell
Kissinger
Sensitive notes
Document preservation
Urgent copying

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NARA Description

On April 12, 1972, 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 330-33

Date: April 12, 1972

Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

       John N. Mitchell

       Henry A. Kissinger
            -Conversation with the President
                 -Time

       Camp David
           -Departure time

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Nixonanother page of very rough, devilish notes, but I think you can copy that business first, and God knows when you get it, but I want to have it as soon as possible. [unintelligible]

Nixoncopy it all. Keep all of these. They're all good.

Also recorded on April 12, 1972

330-032 1:40 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
330-034 1:40 PM · 18 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
330-035 1:40 PM · 2 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 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
707-011 1:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.
707-012 1:40 PM · 30 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 11:59 pm.
330-036 2:47 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Lee W. Huebner met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 3:09 pm.
330-037 3:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.
330-038 3:09 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:20 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 330-033, April 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/330-033 (accessed November 15, 2026).