Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-065

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Vietnam

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 7:25 PM–8:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 53 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation336-065 on Tape 336 (tape position 03:23:55–03:24:45)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 7:25 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 8:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 336-065 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with an unknown advisor regarding the coordination of upcoming announcements and the necessity of maintaining a unified front among his administration officials. The discussion touched upon the roles of Secretary of State William P. Rogers, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer in the context of ongoing Vietnam peace negotiations. Nixon emphasized the importance of Rogers' public presence while strategizing how best to manage the dissemination of policy information to the press.

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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 7:25 pm and 8:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-065 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 336-65

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:25 and 8:04 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown man.

     Vietnam
          -William P. Rogers
                -Peace offer
          -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
          -Melvin Laird
          -Rogers

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No, but I'll be glad if you come in at the beginning of the meeting.

No, no, I'll just let Rogers know.

See, I've got to just talk to him.

I'll sit in at 8.

I'll do it at 8.

Well, the only other problem is this and that.

I'm going to have to tell them after I leave.

The others will answer questions.

I'll have to pay for that.

See?

Yeah.

God damn it, Roger's married.

I can't deal with his salary.

But Roger's very poor.

And I'm poor, and I can't talk to him.

Incidentally, let me ask you, more or sportless?

Oh, what?

Well, the motive is... What about Abrams?

So, if you couldn't pay it,

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336-064 7:14 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:14 pm to 7:25 pm.
336-066 7:25 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:25 pm and 8:04 pm.
336-067 7:25 PM · 26 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 7:25 pm and 8:04 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 336-065, 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/336-065 (accessed November 2, 2026).