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Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone call and Reduction

Wednesday, April 7, 1971 · 2:11 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation246-014 onTape 246StartWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 2:11 PMEndWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 2:11 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 246-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon, speaking with an unidentified individual via telephone, discussed the need to reduce or eliminate something, though the specific subject is not detailed in the provided transcript excerpt. The conversation appears to be a directive or a request for action to "cut it down."

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Cut it down.

NARA Description

On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon talked with an unknown person(s) on the telephone in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time around 2:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 246-014
Page | 28
White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: April 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:11 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person on the telephone.

Also recorded on April 7, 1971

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  • 246-009 2:00 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:07 pm.
  • 246-010 2:00 PM · 7 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 2:00 pm and 2:07 pm.
  • 246-011 2:07 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:07 pm to 2:11 pm.
  • 246-012 2:11 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:11 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 246-013 2:11 PM · 3 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 2:11 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 246-015 3:10 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 246-016 3:11 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 246-014, April 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/246-014 (accessed September 18, 2026).