Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 341 › Conversation 341-036
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Vietnam and Presidential workload
Sunday, June 11, 1972 · 3:22 PM–5:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon dictated a memorandum regarding ongoing developments in Vietnam, though the recording also captures casual, informal remarks between the President and an unidentified associate. The conversation touches upon the President's heavy workload and his reflections on the constraints of the presidency, specifically his inability to take extended personal time. The dialogue serves as a brief window into the President's exhaustion and the pressures of his office during a period of high-stakes foreign policy management.
- Vietnam
- Presidential workload
- Foreign policy
- Personal stress
- Memorandum dictation
Audio
part C, 1:44:18
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NARA Description
On June 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 341-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 341-36
Date: June 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:22 and 5:08 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/17/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[341-036-w001]
[Duration: 57s]
Vietnam
*****************************************************************Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on June 11, 1972
- 025-043 3:16 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John Cardinal Krol talked on the telephone from 3:16 pm to 3:22 pm.
- 025-044 3:22 PM · 31 sec — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 3:22 pm on June 11, 1972 and 9:09 am on June 12, 1972.
- 341-037 3:22 PM — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
- 341-038 3:22 PM — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
- 341-039 3:22 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
- 341-040 3:22 PM — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
- 341-041 3:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
- 341-042 3:22 PM · 4 min — 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 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 341-036, June 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/341-036 (accessed November 14, 2026).