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Conversation 336-066

TapeTape 336StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 7:25 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 8:04 PMTape start time03:24:45Tape end time03:25:08ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
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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 7:25 pm and 8:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-066 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-66

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:25 and 8:04 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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to then try to lead the opposition.
I mean, it's a nutty idea.
He has no more brand in my view of power than I have of power.
And I'm bound by the Constitution.
He's smart, but he's...
But you know, it was so ridiculous.
I don't know that he's ready to talk to me, but I can't think of what he wants to talk to me about.
That's all.
Good-bye, Mr. Perry.
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