Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-061

Nixon & Kissinger on Foreign Policy and Military Alliances

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 6:34 PM–7:14 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation336-061 on Tape 336 (tape position 03:12:34–03:12:59)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 6:34 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 7:14 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 336-061 ↗

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NARA 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.

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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

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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 a threat to Vietnam.
Sixty thousand Americans are a threat.
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 washing nations in abstraction.
Otherwise, the cause of peace, the cause to which we both have so great a stand,

Also recorded on May 8, 1972

  • 336-050 6:14 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:14 pm and 6:22 pm.
  • 336-056 6:22 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:22 pm to 6:34 pm.
  • 336-057 6:34 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 7:14 pm.
  • 336-058 6:34 PM · 2 min — 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.
  • 336-059 6:34 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 7:14 pm.
  • 336-060 6:34 PM · 18 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 6:34 pm and 7:14 pm.
  • 336-062 6:34 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 7:14 pm.
  • 336-063 6:34 PM · 42 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 6:34 pm and 7:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 336-061, 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/336-061 (accessed November 2, 2026).