Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 336 › Conversation 336-067

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Vietnam War

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 7:25 PM–8:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation336-067 on Tape 336 (tape position 03:25:08–03:25:31)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 7:25 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 8:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 336-067 ↗

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Position in tape: 03:25:08 – 03:25:31

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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 336-067 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 336-67

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

The President talked with an unknown person.

     President’s forthcoming speech on the blockade
          -Meeting with Congressional leaders
                -Call to the President

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to then try to meet the opposition.
I mean, it's a nutty idea.
He has no more brand in my view of power than I have power.
I'm bound by the Constitution.
He's smart, but he's...
But you know, it's 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.
  • 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.
  • 336-064 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.
  • 336-066 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.
  • 336-068 7:25 PM · 13 min — 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.
  • 024-017 8:04 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:05 pm.

Conversation 336-067, 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/336-067 (accessed November 2, 2026).