Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 336 › Conversation 336-063
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Vietnam War
Monday, May 8, 1972 · 6:34 PM–7:14 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown individual to rehearse or review the substance of his upcoming televised address to the nation regarding the Vietnam War. During this discussion, Nixon emphasized the necessity of achieving a peace with honor rather than a premature withdrawal. The conversation served to solidify the President's public messaging strategy concerning his decision to escalate military pressure on North Vietnam while maintaining domestic support.
- Vietnam War
- peace with honor
- televised address
- public relations
- foreign policy
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 03:13:34 into the tape and ends around 03:14:16.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 6:34 pm and 7:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-063 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-63 Date: May 8, 1972 Time: Unknown after 6:34 and before 7:14 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown man. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 33s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** The unknown man left at an unknown time before 7:14 pm.
Also recorded on May 8, 1972
- 336-050 6:14 PM · 45 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 · 7 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 · 25 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.
- 336-062 6:34 PM · 35 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 336-063, 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/336-063 (accessed September 18, 2026).