Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 339 › Conversation 339-028

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation339-028 on Tape 339 (tape position 03:20:23–03:20:42)StartFriday, May 19, 1972 at 1:58 PMEndFriday, May 19, 1972 at 3:20 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 339-028 ↗

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a meeting by directing an unnamed individual to the Executive Office Building. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to ensure the individual's arrival upon being summoned. The conversation underscores the procedural reliance on operators to manage the President's immediate scheduling and visitor access.

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3:21:53Have him come over, please.
3:21:54Yeah.
3:21:54He's coming back if you call me.

On May 19, 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 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 339-028 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 339-28

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

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 24-159]
  • 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.
  • 339-022 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.
  • 339-023 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.

Conversation 339-028, 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/339-028 (accessed October 9, 2026).