Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-026

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Vietnam War

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 4:25 PM–4:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation336-026 on Tape 336 (tape position 01:48:47–01:49:03)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:25 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 336-026 ↗

AI Summary

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.

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NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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

Also recorded on May 8, 1972

  • 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.
  • 336-025 4:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:35 pm.
  • 336-027 4:25 PM · 30 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 4:25 pm and 4:35 pm.
  • 024-011 4:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 336-026, 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/336-026 (accessed October 9, 2026).