Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 332 › Conversation 332-023

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Vietnam War and North Vietnamese invasion

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 10:05 AM–10:40 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation332-023 on Tape 332 (tape position 02:52:09–02:53:41)StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 10:05 AMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 10:40 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 332-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with staff to dictate a memorandum regarding the ongoing North Vietnamese invasion and the necessary rhetorical framing for his upcoming address. The discussion focused on maintaining a firm stance against North Vietnamese aggression and the strategic necessity of avoiding national humiliation during negotiations. Nixon finalized revisions to his speech with John K. Andrews, Jr. to ensure the administration's resolve in the face of persistent military conflict.

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NARA Description

On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:40 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-023 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 332-23

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:40 am
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum.

     Vietnam
          -North Vietnamese invasion
          -Changes in text of speech
               -Revisions
                    -John K. Andrews, Jr.

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But that's why you're going to make it, Mr. President, for that very reason.

So we're going to do it.

When ever have the North Vietnamese answered in 10 hours?

When have they answered in 10 days?

When have they ever agreed to talk to us while we were bombing them?

They may offer Henry the C Spire in a public session.

We've got a quarter of the program, Mr. O'Hare will say.

Mr. O'Hare will be good morning.

That is on my mind.

It is a medical thing.

I think next year, when you get back, Porter should get kind of a job.

Oh, I agree.

He keeps, he keeps strong.

Oh, no, Porter will be terrific.

Okay, good right.

But I think we, I mean, we, we, I mean, by now, uh, we,

It's done exactly what you said it needed to be done.

We've got the Russians engaged.

Now, how much they can do, these goddamn North Vietnamese, hell, we can't make the South Vietnamese do everything.

Also recorded on April 25, 1972

332-024 10:05 AM · 38 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 10:05 am and 10:40 am.
332-025 10:05 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:40 am.
332-026 10:05 AM · 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 10:05 am and 10:40 am.
332-027 10:05 AM · 24 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 10:05 am and 10:40 am.
332-028 10:05 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:40 am.
332-029 10:40 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:40 am to 10:45 am.
332-030 10:45 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am.
332-031 10:45 AM · 12 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 10:45 am and 10:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 332-023, April 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/332-023 (accessed November 2, 2026).