Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-020

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 4:13 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation336-020 on Tape 336 (tape position 01:44:49–01:45:06)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:13 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:13 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 336-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a technical coordination step to connect the President to an external party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this short communication bridge.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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1:45:04We'll ask, uh, if, uh...

NARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 336-20

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: 4:13 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 24-7]

Also recorded on May 8, 1972

  • 024-007 4:13 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:13 pm.
  • 024-008 4:14 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
  • 336-021 4:14 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:14 pm and 4:15 pm.
  • 024-009 4:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 336-022 4:15 PM · 13 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 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 336-023 4:15 PM · 27 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 4:15 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 024-010 4:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:25 pm.
  • 336-024 4:25 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 336-020, 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/336-020 (accessed October 9, 2026).