Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 250 › Conversation 250-021
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on record album
Friday, April 16, 1971 · 3:27 PM–5:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with an unidentified individual regarding the retrieval of a specific record album. The participant offered to secure the item provided it could be obtained discreetly without requiring an official identification number. This brief exchange focused on the logistics of acquiring this personal or administrative material.
- record album
- logistics
- administrative request
- confidentiality
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NARA Description
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 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 250-21
Date: April 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/10/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[250-021-w001]
[Duration: 15s]
Request
-Record album
-Identification number
******************************************************************************Also recorded on April 16, 1971
- 250-016 3:15 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:27 pm.
- 250-017 3:27 PM · 11 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 250-018 3:27 PM · 4 min — 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 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 250-019 3:27 PM · 5 min — 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 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 250-020 3:27 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 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 250-022 3:27 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm.
- 482-030 3:47 PM · 15 sec — United States Secret Service agents and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:47 pm and 3:49 pm.
- 042-055 5:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 5:30 pm to 5:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 250-021, 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/250-021 (accessed October 3, 2026).