Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 335 › Conversation 335-032

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Informal consultation

Friday, May 5, 1972 · 2:05 PM–2:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation335-032 on Tape 335 (tape position 02:54:46–02:55:39)StartFriday, May 5, 1972 at 2:05 PMEndFriday, May 5, 1972 at 2:10 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 335-032 ↗

President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The dialogue consists of a casual request for the participant to join the President, indicating a desire for a more private or direct consultation. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions are recorded during this short interaction.

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Hey there.
Are you busy at the moment?
Come up here with me.

On May 5, 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 2:05 pm and 2:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 335-032 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 335-32

Date: May 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:05 and 2:10 pm.
Location: Executive Office Building

An unknown person talked with the President.

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  • 023-165 1:59 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 335-028 1:59 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 335-029 1:59 PM · 17 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 1:59 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 335-030 1:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:04 pm.
  • 023-166 2:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:04 pm to 2:05 pm.
  • 335-031 2:05 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 335-033 2:10 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 3:15 pm.
  • 023-167 3:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:25 pm.

Conversation 335-032, May 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/335-032 (accessed October 27, 2026).