Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 337 › Conversation 337-021

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Dictation

Wednesday, May 10, 1972 · 1:05 PM–3:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation337-021 on Tape 337 (tape position 03:45:11–03:45:32)StartWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 1:05 PMEndWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 3:35 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 337-021 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to record and deliver dictation intended for his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The conversation served as a logistical session for the processing of administrative or presidential materials. No further details regarding the substance of the dictated content are available.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 03:45:11 into the tape and ends around 03:45:32.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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 1:05 pm and 3:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 337-021 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 337-21

Date: May 10, 1972
Time: Unknown after 1:02 and before 3:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

     Dictation
          -Delivery to Rose Mary Woods

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:35 pm.
  • 337-015 12:35 PM · 32 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.
  • 337-017 1:05 PM · 5 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 1:05 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 337-018 1:05 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 337-019 1:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 337-020 1:05 PM · 4 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 1:05 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 337-022 1:05 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 3:35 pm.
  • 337-023 1:05 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 3:35 pm.

Conversation 337-021, 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/337-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).