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

Friday, May 19, 1972 · 1:58 PM–3:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation339-022 on Tape 339 (tape position 03:03:26–03:04:38)StartFriday, May 19, 1972 at 1:58 PMEndFriday, May 19, 1972 at 3:20 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 339-022 ↗

President Nixon held a meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building workspace to discuss matters that remain undocumented due to the lack of an available transcript. The conversation occurred within a 82-minute window, though the specific agenda and any resulting administrative actions or decisions are currently unknown. Historical researchers are unable to verify the participants or the substance of the dialogue based on existing archival records.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 03:03:26 into the tape and ends around 03:04:38.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On May 19, 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 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 339-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 339-22

Date: May 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:58 and 3:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:20 pm.
  • 024-159 1:58 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 339-021 1:58 PM · 2 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 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 339-023 1:58 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 339-024 1:58 PM · 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 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 339-025 1:58 PM · 19 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 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 339-026 1:58 PM · 3 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 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 339-027 1:58 PM · 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 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 339-028 1:58 PM · 19 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 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.

Conversation 339-022, May 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/339-022 (accessed October 9, 2026).