Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 721 › Conversation 721-010
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Oval Office Meetings
Monday, May 8, 1972 · 12:07 PM–12:13 PM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief, six-second meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. Due to the extremely short duration of the encounter and the lack of available transcripts, the specific substance and purpose of the meeting remain undocumented. No policy decisions, actionable items, or substantive topics can be discerned from the existing record.
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NARA Description
On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 721-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 721-10
Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:07 and 12:13 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/19/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[721-010-w001]
[Duration: 6s]
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:13 pm.Also recorded on May 8, 1972
- 101-001 12:07 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Herbert Stein, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 721-008 12:07 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 721-009 12:07 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 721-011 12:13 PM · 60 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, John B. Connally, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 024-002 12:21 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 12:21 pm to 12:22 pm.
- 336-008 1:15 PM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, [David] Kenneth Rush, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 721-012 1:15 PM · 44 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 8:40 pm.
- 721-013 1:15 PM · 34 sec — Stephen B. Bull and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 8:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 721-010, May 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/721-010 (accessed October 9, 2026).