Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 269 › Conversation 269-022

Nixon & Kissinger on Tax Reform and Economic Policy

Tuesday, August 3, 1971 · 12:00 PM–12:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation269-022 on Tape 269 (tape position 03:45:37–03:46:04)StartTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 12:00 PMEndTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 12:05 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 269-022 ↗

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NARA Description

On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-022 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 269-22

Date: August 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

     Kissinger's schedule

          -Meeting with the President

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Henry, you're busy from 12 to when?
Fine.
Well, no hurry, but when you finish, I've only got about 10 minutes more.
You come over when you finish.
Take your time.
Take your time.
No hurry.

Also recorded on August 3, 1971

  • 269-018 10:19 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:19 am to 10:32 am.
  • 269-019 10:32 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:32 am and 10:34 am.
  • 269-020 10:32 AM · 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 10:32 am and 10:34 am.
  • 269-021 10:34 AM · 1 hr 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Henry A. Kissinger, John D. Ehrlichman, Andrey Pontier, Benjamin F. Biaggini, and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:34 am to 12:00 pm.
  • 269-023 12:00 PM · 2 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 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm.
  • 269-024 12:00 PM · 25 sec — 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 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm.
  • 269-025 12:05 PM · 1 hr 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, I[lorwith] W. Abel, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:05 pm to 1:40 pm.
  • 269-026 1:40 PM · 3 min — 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 1:40 pm and 1:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 269-022, August 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/269-022 (accessed November 2, 2026).