Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 338 › Conversation 338-030

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 12:31 PM–12:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 39 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation338-030 on Tape 338 (tape position 01:00:11–01:00:49)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:31 PMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 12:37 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 338-030 ↗

AI Summary

This brief White House recording captures President Nixon in his office with an unidentified individual. The conversation is largely unintelligible, with only a few brief, unclear remarks from Nixon. No specific topics, decisions, or action items can be discerned from the available transcript.

  • Nixon
  • White House
  • Unintelligible conversation
  • President's office

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Position in tape: 01:00:11 – 01:00:49

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NARA Description

On May 9, 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 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 338-30

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:31 and 12:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     Unknown topic

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Unknown[unintelligible]
NixonOh fine, that's fine. Over at this side. Fine.

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 · 45 sec — 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.
  • 338-028 12:29 PM · 18 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 12:29 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 · 24 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.
  • 338-031 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 338-030, 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/338-030 (accessed November 2, 2026).