Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 338 › Conversation 338-040
Nixon & Haldeman on Wilbur D. Mills and Nikolai S. Patolichev
Thursday, May 11, 1972 · 11:35 AM–11:43 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to review the President’s daily schedule, specifically discussing an upcoming breakfast meeting with Wilbur D. Mills and a session with Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade Nikolai S. Patolichev. The conversation included a reference to former President Harry S. Truman in the context of the meeting with Mills. No further substantive policy decisions or developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
- Presidential scheduling
- Wilbur D. Mills
- Nikolai S. Patolichev
- US-Soviet relations
- Harry S. Truman
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On May 11, 1972, 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 11:35 am and 11:43 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 338-40
Date: May 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:35 and 11:43 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman (?).
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President's schedule
-Breakfast meeting with Wilbur D. Mills
-Meeting with Nikolai S. Patolichev
-Mills
-Reference to Harry S. TrumanAlso recorded on May 11, 1972
- 024-071 11:22 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:32 am.
- 024-072 11:22 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:32 am.
- 024-073 11:32 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:32 am to 11:33 am.
- 338-038 11:32 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:33 am.
- 024-074 11:34 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:35 am.
- 338-039 11:34 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:34 am and 11:35 am.
- 024-075 11:43 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:49 am.
- 338-041 11:43 AM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:43 am to 12:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 338-040, May 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/338-040 (accessed October 9, 2026).