Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 338 › Conversation 338-028

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 12:29 PM–12:31 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation338-028 onTape 338 (tape position 00:59:33–00:59:49)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:29 PMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:31 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 338-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief administrative exchange with the White House operator to discuss scheduling a future call. No substantive policy matters or critical government decisions were addressed during this short interaction. The conversation concluded with the President indicating his intent to follow up with the operator at a later time.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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59:33Oh, I'll call you later.
59:35Thank you.
59:35Oh, that's right.
59:35Oh, that's fine.
59:36Oh, that's fine.

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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 338-28

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:29 and 12:31 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 24-57]

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

  • 024-055 12:13 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:27 pm.
  • 024-056 12:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 12:27 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 338-027 12:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:29 pm.
  • 024-057 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
  • 024-058 12:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:31 pm.
  • 338-029 12:31 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:31 pm.
  • 338-030 12:31 PM · 38 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 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 338-031 12:37 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:37 pm to 1:12 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 338-028, 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/338-028 (accessed September 18, 2026).