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Conversation 336-061

TapeTape 336StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 6:34 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 7:14 PMTape start time03:12:34Tape end time03:12:59ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AudioNARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 7:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-61

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:34 and 7:14 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

     Meeting with the President
          -Speech
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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It's only convenient here in my very mind, our way, to defend our great interests.
No sort of soldier is your friend, even now.
Sixty thousand Americans are your friend.
We expect you to help your allies.
You cannot expect us to do other than to continue to help our allies.
But let us on that already far help our allies only for the purpose of their defense, not for the purpose of launching nations in abstraction.
Otherwise, the cause of peace, the cause to which we both have so great a stand,
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