Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 268 › Conversation 268-003

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House access

Monday, August 2, 1971 · 2:05 PM–2:53 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation268-003 onTape 268 (tape position 00:34:35–00:38:35)StartMonday, August 2, 1971 at 2:05 PMEndMonday, August 2, 1971 at 2:53 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 268-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in his Old Executive Office Building suite to facilitate a brief, unscheduled entry into his workspace. The interaction was limited to the procedural access of this guest rather than a substantive discussion of administration policy. The meeting concluded quickly, with the visitor departing the office shortly after arrival.

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Get in!
Come on!

NARA Description

On August 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 2:05 pm and 2:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 268-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 268-003
Date: August 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 2:53 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown person.
Page | 2
White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
President’s schedule
-Unknown person requesting entry
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.

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  • 007-058 1:19 PM · 28 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm.
  • 007-059 1:19 PM · 3 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm.
  • 268-001 2:05 PM · 11 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 2:05 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 268-002 2:05 PM · 5 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 2:05 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 553-007 2:05 PM · 29 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:05 pm on August 2, 1971 and 11:36 am on August 4, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 268-003, August 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/268-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).