Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 332 › Conversation 332-036

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Foreign policy

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 12:50 PM–1:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation332-036 on Tape 332 (tape position 04:55:31–04:55:58)StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 12:50 PMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 1:09 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 332-036 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon engages in a brief discussion with a White House operator regarding the effectiveness of his administration's high-stakes diplomatic and strategic maneuvers. The conversation highlights the administration’s strategy of leveraging credible threats to force adversaries back to the negotiating table. The President specifically references the necessity and success of recent secret meetings in advancing his foreign policy objectives.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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4:55:31Boy, a lot of the things you've done are things that one might have thought at the time was a bluff.
4:55:33But it's paid off every time, so they've got to have learned that they can't just laugh this stuff off.
4:55:41Of course, go back to the conference table on another shot.
4:55:53And that's what we've been doing.
4:55:56I don't know.
4:55:57It's a secret meeting.

NARA Description

On April 25, 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 12:50 pm and 1:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-036 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 332-36

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 1:09 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

     [See Conversation No. 23-60]

Also recorded on April 25, 1972

  • 023-060 12:50 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:09 pm.
  • 023-061 1:09 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
  • 332-037 1:09 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
  • 332-038 1:10 PM · 40 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 1:10 pm and 1:15 pm.
  • 332-039 1:15 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Winston Lord, John K. Andrews, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:33 pm.
  • 023-062 1:33 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.
  • 332-040 1:33 PM · 2 min — 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 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.
  • 332-041 1:33 PM · 36 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 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 332-036, 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/332-036 (accessed October 12, 2026).