Conversation 339-025

TapeTape 339StartFriday, May 19, 1972 at 1:58 PMEndFriday, May 19, 1972 at 3:20 PMTape start time03:15:32Tape end time03:15:51ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

AI Summary

President Nixon expresses a firm demand for increased administrative discipline and control over the operations of the State Department, the Pentagon, and the CIA. He emphasizes the need for centralized authority in his dealings with these government agencies and military branches. This directive highlights the President's ongoing efforts to assert tighter executive oversight across his foreign policy and national security apparatus.

Executive authorityState DepartmentPentagonCIAGovernment oversight

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NARA Description

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 339-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 339-25

                                      (rev. Dec-01)

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

The President met with an unknown person.

     Dictation
          -Delivery to unknown woman

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:20 pm.

Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

What I am saying is that I want some discipline to put into this, and put into our dealings with the State Department, with the airport, with the Pentagon, and with the CIA.

And I want that discipline, and for it originally, from now on out.

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