Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 269 › Conversation 269-030

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Information management

Tuesday, August 3, 1971 · 1:47 PM–3:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation269-030 onTape 269 (tape position 05:39:10–05:40:18)StartTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 1:47 PMEndTuesday, August 3, 1971 at 3:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 269-030 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss the summary and categorization of certain materials or information. The participants deliberated on the appropriate scope and detail level required for these documents. The discussion concluded with an agreement to refine the presentation of the subject matter into a concise format.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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5:38:28Um, I, I, I hope you, that you have a, sort of, a kind of, a certain tool that, sort of, kind of, that I, um, you can get everything you've got here by, by, by, uh,
5:38:50But I meant it.
5:38:51What I meant is if you would just give some or more scale, I mean, if you don't want to say this, but just summarize it in a few sentences.
5:38:58I think this is an argument that's fine over here.

NARA Description

On August 3, 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 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 269-30

Date: August 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.

[Unintelligible]

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:40 pm.

Also recorded on August 3, 1971

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  • 269-029 1:47 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm.
  • 269-031 1:47 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm.
  • 269-032 1:47 PM · 8 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 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm.
  • 269-033 1:47 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm.
  • 269-034 1:47 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 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm.
  • 269-035 1:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 3:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 269-030, 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/269-030 (accessed September 18, 2026).