Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-066
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Southeast Asia and Vietnam War
Monday, May 8, 1972 · 7:25 PM–8:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec
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Position in tape: 03:24:45 – 03:25:08
part B, 1:21:24
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 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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- 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.
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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.
- 336-065 7:25 PM · 53 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.
- 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 336-066, 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/336-066 (accessed November 2, 2026).