Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 299 › Conversation 299-004
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings
Wednesday, November 10, 1971 · 1:33 PM–2:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite. The conversation was largely characterized by a withdrawn segment, leaving the specific agenda and substantive discussions undocumented. Consequently, no policy decisions or action items can be discerned from the available record.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On November 10, 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 299-4 Date: November 10, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:27 pm.
Also recorded on November 10, 1971
- 014-009 1:20 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
- 299-001 1:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
- 299-002 1:20 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm.
- 616-008 1:20 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 4:20 pm.
- 014-010 1:31 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
- 299-003 1:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur F. Burns met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:31 pm to 1:33 pm.
- 014-011 1:33 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.
- 299-005 1:33 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 299-004, November 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/299-004 (accessed October 6, 2026).