Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 249 › Conversation 249-004

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Administrative…

Thursday, April 15, 1971 · 8:42 AM–8:59 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation249-004 on Tape 249 (tape position 00:03:57–00:04:09)StartThursday, April 15, 1971 at 8:42 AMEndThursday, April 15, 1971 at 8:59 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 249-004 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss his official daily schedule. Given the lack of a transcript or detailed record, the specific content of the briefing remains unknown beyond the routine administrative coordination of the President's morning activities. This brief meeting represents a standard interaction within the President's internal scheduling operations.

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On April 15, 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 8:42 am and 8:59 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 249-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 249-4

Date: April 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:42 am and 8:59 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person

     Schedule
  • 249-001 8:32 AM · 15 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 8:32 am and 8:36 am.
  • 249-002 8:32 AM · 8 sec — 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 8:32 am and 8:36 am.
  • 042-041 8:36 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:36 am to 8:42 am.
  • 249-003 8:36 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:36 am to 8:42 am.
  • 042-042 8:42 AM · 27 sec — unknown person(s), White House operator, and Ralph Shields talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 3:15 pm.
  • 249-005 8:42 AM · 3 sec — 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 8:42 am and 8:59 am.
  • 249-006 8:59 AM · 1 hr 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:59 am to 10:45 am.
  • 480-001 10:59 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry Ahlgren met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:02 am.

Conversation 249-004, April 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/249-004 (accessed October 3, 2026).