Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 271 › Conversation 271-007

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Executive Office…

Wednesday, August 4, 1971 · 10:35 AM–10:59 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation271-007 on Tape 271 (tape position 04:08:41–04:14:31)StartWednesday, August 4, 1971 at 10:35 AMEndWednesday, August 4, 1971 at 10:59 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 271-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held an undocumented meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss matters currently lost to history due to the lack of an available transcript. As the specific dialogue remains unrecorded or inaccessible, the precise nature of the topics and any resulting policy decisions or action items cannot be determined. This session remains a significant gap in the archival record of the Nixon administration's internal deliberations during the summer of 1971.

Audio

part C, 3:24

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 04:08:41 to 04:14:31 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On August 4, 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 10:35 am and 10:59 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 271-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 271-7

Date: August 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:35 am and 10:59 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on August 4, 1971

  • 271-004 10:10 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:10 am to 10:17 am.
  • 271-005 10:24 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:24 am to 10:25 am.
  • 271-006 10:25 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:25 am to 10:35 am.
  • 271-008 10:35 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:59 am.
  • 271-010 10:35 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:59 am.
  • 271-011 10:35 AM · 8 min — 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 10:35 am and 10:59 am.
  • 554-001 11:38 AM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:38 am to 12:27 pm.
  • 554-002 12:27 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 1:43 pm.

All 21 conversations from August 4, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 271-007, August 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/271-007 (accessed November 2, 2026).