Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 338 › Conversation 338-005

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative…

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 10:58 AM–11:07 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation338-005 on Tape 338 (tape position 00:25:18–00:25:37)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 10:58 AMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 11:07 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 338-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The interaction served as a routine administrative exchange to facilitate connectivity for the President's ongoing telephone calls. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this brief technical engagement.

Audio

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NARA Description

On May 9, 1972, 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 338-5

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unkown between 10:58 and 11:07 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 24-37]

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

  • 722-005 10:48 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 1:57 pm.
  • 024-037 10:58 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 338-002 10:58 AM · 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 338-003 10:58 AM · 45 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 338-004 10:58 AM · 24 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 024-038 11:07 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 11:07 am to 11:12 am.
  • 338-006 11:07 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:12 am.
  • 024-039 11:12 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:16 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 338-005, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/338-005 (accessed October 9, 2026).