Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 260 › Conversation 260-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential meetings

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 4:01 PM–4:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation260-003 on Tape 260 (tape position 00:29:14–00:39:41)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 4:01 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 4:08 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 260-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, private meeting with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building workspace. The majority of this short encounter remains restricted due to the withdrawal of personal returnable material. Consequently, no substantive policy discussions, decisions, or records of the interaction are available for historical analysis.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On July 2, 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 4:01 pm and 4:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 260-3

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 17s ]

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:08 pm.

Also recorded on July 2, 1971

  • 260-004 4:01 PM · 1 min — 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 4:01 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 006-090 4:02 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 261-052 4:02 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 537-003 4:02 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 006-091 4:08 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:08 pm to 4:12 pm.
  • 260-005 4:08 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 4:12 pm.
  • 260-006 4:12 PM · 2 min — 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 4:12 pm and 4:14 pm.
  • 260-007 4:12 PM · 2 min — 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 4:12 pm and 4:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 260-003, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/260-003 (accessed October 5, 2026).