Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-062
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Vietnam War and Public Address
Monday, May 8, 1972 · 6:34 PM–7:14 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 38 sec
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon utilized this session to rehearse his upcoming televised address regarding the ongoing crisis in Southeast Asia. The President practiced delivery techniques and refined rhetoric aimed at maintaining public support for his administration's foreign policy objectives. This preparation served to formalize the language he would use to justify his strategic decisions and appeal for national unity.
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Position in tape: 03:12:59 – 03:13:34
part B, 1:09:38
NARA Description
On May 8, 1972, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-62 Date: May 8, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:34 and 7:14 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President rehearsed his “Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia”. [See Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1972, pp. 583-587]
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- 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.
- 336-061 6:34 PM · 28 sec — 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.
- 336-063 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 336-062, 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/336-062 (accessed November 2, 2026).