Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 721 › Conversation 721-012
Nixon White House recording on Oval Office and Executive Office Building
Monday, May 8, 1972 · 1:15 PM–8:40 PM ET · Oval Office · 44 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon hosted a tour of the White House facilities for unknown guests, providing commentary on his workspace and historical offices. The conversation focused on the layout and utility of the Oval Office, the Executive Office Building, and the Roosevelt Room, while also touching upon the President’s past Senate campaign. No policy decisions were made during this informal walkthrough, which concluded with logistical coordination regarding departure schedules.
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NARA Description
On May 8, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 8:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 721-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 721-12
Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 8:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons met.
Oval Office tour
-The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-The President’s Senate campaign
-President’s office in the EOB
-Roosevelt Room
Unknown persons left at an unknown time before 8:40 pm.
Conv. No. 721-13
Conversation (cont.)
No. 721-13
Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 8:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
Stephen B. Bull met with unknown persons [Secret Service agents].
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/19/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[721-013-w001]
[Duration: 33s]
Schedule
-Departure
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Bull and the unknown agents left at an unknown time before 8:40 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.
- 721-011 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.
- 721-013 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.
- 024-003 1:35 PM · 12 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 024-004 1:35 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and [David] Kenneth Rush talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 2:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 721-012, 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/721-012 (accessed October 9, 2026).