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Conversation 336-038

TapeTape 336StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 5:27 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 5:30 PMTape start time02:11:10Tape end time02:12:13ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Woods, Rose MaryRecording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to refine the rhetoric for his upcoming televised address regarding the blockade of North Vietnam. The discussion focused on carefully adjusting specific phrasing concerning American military restraint and the strategic necessity of interdicting war supplies. The President finalized these editorial changes to ensure the message effectively conveyed his policy shift regarding the conflict.

Vietnam WarBlockadePresidential SpeechwritingRose Mary WoodsMilitary Strategy
AudioNARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:27 pm to 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-038 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-38

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: 5:27 - 5:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

     Vietnam
          -President’s forthcoming speech on the blockade
                -Change in wording

Woods left at 5:30 pm.

                                        (rev. Nov-01)
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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killing in the first strategy war with Scotland.
By simply getting out, we would have won the worst of the election.
By relying solely on negotiations, we would get a chance to get ahead of the Chinese and the press's aggression in the battle.
There's only one way to stop the war.
That is to keep the weapons of war out of the hands of the international outlaws, or Vietnam.
Throughout the war with Vietnam, the United States has exercised a superior restraint on the president of the United
Yeah, I had a couple of other points.
You know, when we go to the business of those three,
I mean, I guess we're lucky together.
There's not the United States there, and there's not the United States.
I think you could leave.
You see, there are three.
You could say there's not the United States, there's not Vietnam, there's not the United States, there's not Vietnam, there's not the United States, there's not Vietnam, there's not the United States, there's not the United States, there's not the United States,
With that, I think we've got it.
Related to that, I think that one has to come out.
All right.
It's the military .
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