Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 250 › Conversation 250-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Personnel

Friday, April 16, 1971 · 12:45 PM–3:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation250-012 on Tape 250 (tape position 02:55:44–03:26:11)StartFriday, April 16, 1971 at 12:45 PMEndFriday, April 16, 1971 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 250-012 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified woman in his Old Executive Office Building suite to discuss her professional schedule. The brief interaction focused on the logistics of her current commitments and availability. No substantive policy matters or major administrative decisions were recorded during this session.

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Yeah.
Yeah.

On April 16, 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 12:45 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 250-12

Date: April 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 3:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown woman

     Unknown person’s schedule

The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 3:15 pm
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  • 482-005 12:41 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Jon M. Huntsman, David Haight, and Mrs. David Haight met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:41 pm to 12:43 pm.
  • 482-006 12:43 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:43 pm to 12:45 pm.
  • 250-010 12:45 PM · 6 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 12:45 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 250-011 12:45 PM · 4 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 12:45 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 250-013 12:45 PM · 17 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 12:45 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 250-014 12:45 PM · 4 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 12:45 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 482-007 12:45 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:45 pm on April 16, 1971 and 9:03 am on April 19, 1971.

Conversation 250-012, April 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-012 (accessed October 3, 2026).