Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 339 › Conversation 339-008
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 8:18 PM–9:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, procedural exchange with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. The interaction focused on the logistics of placing a telephone call through the White House switchboard. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief administrative contact.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On May 15, 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 339-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 339-8 Date: May 15, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:18 and 9:16 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-119]
Also recorded on May 16, 1972
- 024-116 8:15 PM · 3 min — W. Mark Felt and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 8:15 pm to 8:18 pm.
- 024-117 8:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 024-118 8:18 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 024-119 8:18 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 024-120 8:18 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 339-006 8:18 PM · 50 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 339-007 8:18 PM · 26 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
- 339-009 8:18 PM · 13 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 339-008, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/339-008 (accessed October 9, 2026).