Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 337 › Conversation 337-010

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive Office…

Wednesday, May 10, 1972 · 12:06 PM–12:32 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 44 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation337-010 on Tape 337 (tape position 02:49:10–02:49:51)StartWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 12:06 PMEndWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 12:32 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 337-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, private meeting in his Old Executive Office Building suite with an unidentified individual. Aside from a three-second segment marked as personal and returnable, the substance of this encounter remains entirely undocumented in the available record. Consequently, no specific topics, decisions, or action items can be attributed to this exchange.

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Position in tape: 02:49:10 – 02:49:51

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NARA Description

On May 10, 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 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 337-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 337-10

Date: May 10, 1972
Time: Unknown after 12:06 and before 12:32 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:32 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: Extremely faint, distant whispers/murmurs buried deep beneath tape hum and mechanical noise; largely unintelligible.

Also recorded on May 10, 1972

  • 024-064 12:06 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 337-011 12:06 PM · 7 min — 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 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 337-012 12:06 PM · 1 min — 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 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 337-013 12:06 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 337-014 12:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:32 pm.
  • 024-065 12:32 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 12:32 pm to 12:33 pm.
  • 337-015 12:35 PM · 35 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 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm.
  • 337-016 12:36 PM · 26 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 12:36 pm to 1:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 337-010, May 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/337-010 (accessed November 2, 2026).