Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 500 › Conversation 500-032
Nixon alone in the Oval Office on Sequoia yacht and Presidential itinerary
Tuesday, May 18, 1971 · 6:34 PM–6:35 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
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NARA Description
On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:34 pm to 6:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 500-32
Date: May 18, 1971
Time: 6:34 pm - 6:35 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with Mrs. Nixon.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under Conv.
deed ofNo.
gift500-34 (cont.)
06/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[500-032-w001]
[Duration: 12s]
[See Conversation No. 003-061]
[End of telephone conversation]
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Also recorded on May 18, 1971
- 500-029 4:42 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John A. Scali, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:42 pm to 5:05 pm.
- 500-030 5:05 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert G. Klein, Robert Lubar, James W. Michaels, Lewis H. Young, Robert M. Bleiberg, Joseph E. Evans, [Pawhatan] Jack Wooldridge, Jr., Raymond J. Brady, Thomas Mulloney, Howard W. Fleiger, Marshall Loeb, Lester Bernstein, Henry Gemmill, White House photographer, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 6:34 pm.
- 003-060 6:34 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Herbert G. Klein talked on the telephone at 6:34 pm.
- 003-061 6:34 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:34 pm to 6:35 pm.
- 500-033 6:35 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:35 pm and 6:38 pm.
- 500-034 6:38 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:38 pm to 6:49 pm.
- 500-035 6:49 PM · 33 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and 10:43 pm.
- 003-189 8:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:14 pm.
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- Nixon, Cox & Kissinger on Social Planning and Sequoia Yacht June 9, 1971 · 2 min
- Rogers & Agnew on Sequoia yacht April 16, 1973 · 1 min
Cite this conversation
Conversation 500-032, May 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417177297). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-032 (accessed November 12, 2026).