Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 350 › Conversation 350-006
Nixon & Kissinger on Melvin Laird and Thomas Moorer
Monday, July 24, 1972 · 12:08 PM–12:19 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger briefly coordinated Kissinger's upcoming schedule regarding meetings with Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and Admiral Thomas Moorer. The President instructed Kissinger to postpone his discussions with Laird until later in the year when his workload permitted. This short exchange served primarily to manage the National Security Advisor's executive calendar amid ongoing administrative priorities.
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NARA Description
On July 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 350-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 350-6
Date: July 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Kissinger’s schedule
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Melvin R. Laird
-The President’s locationAlso recorded on July 24, 1972
- 027-041 11:56 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:57 am.
- 350-003 11:56 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:56 am to 11:57 am.
- 027-042 12:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:08 pm.
- 027-043 12:08 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm.
- 350-004 12:08 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:08 pm.
- 350-005 12:08 PM · 16 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 12:08 pm and 12:19 pm.
- 350-007 12:08 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Lyndon B. Johnson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:44 pm.
- 027-044 12:19 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson talked on the telephone from 12:19 pm to 12:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 350-006, July 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/350-006 (accessed October 2, 2026).