Nixon White House TapesTape 267 › Conversation 267-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings

Friday, July 30, 1971 · 9:10 AM–9:13 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation267-003 on Tape 267 (tape position 01:31:41–01:34:14)StartFriday, July 30, 1971 at 9:10 AMEndFriday, July 30, 1971 at 9:13 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 267-003 ↗

President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified male visitor in the Old Executive Office Building. Given the limited duration of the recording—lasting no more than three minutes—no substantive dialogue or policy decisions were captured. The encounter concludes without record of the participants' identities or the nature of their brief discussion.

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On July 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:13 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 267-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 267-003
Date: July 30, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:13 am
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man.
Request
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:13 am.
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Conversation 267-003, July 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/267-003 (accessed September 21, 2026).