President Nixon consulted with an unidentified staff member to finalize preparations for his upcoming televised address announcing the mining of North Vietnamese ports. The discussion focused on the distribution of copies of the speech to relevant parties. This meeting served as a final logistical check prior to the public rollout of his administration's escalatory Vietnam policy.
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 4:25 pm and 4:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 336-26
Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:25 and 4:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
Vietnam
-President’s forthcoming speech on the blockade
-Preparations
-Copies
(rev. Nov-01)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.