Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-010

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

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 2:35 PM–3:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation336-010 on Tape 336 (tape position 01:33:41–01:35:02)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 2:35 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 3:45 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 336-010 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Executive Office Building to oversee the delivery and precise placement of an unknown object. While the specific nature of the item remains undocumented due to the lack of a transcript, the brief interaction focused entirely on the logistics of its arrival and installation. The session concluded shortly after the placement was finalized.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:33:41 into the tape and ends around 01:35:02.

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

On May 8, 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 2:35 pm and 3:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 336-10

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown after 2:35 and before 3:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

     Delivery of an unknown object
          -Placement

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:45 pm.
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  • 336-009 2:33 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:33 pm to 2:35 pm.
  • 336-011 2:35 PM · 16 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 2:35 pm and 3:45 pm.
  • 336-012 3:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:45 pm to 3:46 pm.
  • 336-013 3:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 336-014 3:46 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 336-015 3:46 PM · 37 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 3:46 pm and 3:58 pm.

Conversation 336-010, May 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/336-010 (accessed October 9, 2026).