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Wednesday, August 4, 1971 · 8:37 AM–10:10 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation271-001 onTape 271 (tape position 01:48:01–02:05:11)StartWednesday, August 4, 1971 at 8:37 AMEndWednesday, August 4, 1971 at 10:10 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 271-001 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified man and woman met in the President’s Old Executive Office Building suite to discuss unknown matters. The recording contains no discernible substantive dialogue due to a 21-second withdrawal of non-historical material. The participants concluded their meeting and departed without leaving a record of specific policy discussions or administrative actions.

Audio

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:48:01 into the tape and ends around 02:05:11.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On August 4, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 10:10 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 271-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 271-1

Date: August 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:37 am and 10:10 am
Location: Executive Office Building

An unknown man and woman met.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 21s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown man and woman left at an unknown time before 10:10 am.

Also recorded on August 4, 1971

  • 007-061 8:37 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 1:56 pm.
  • 271-002 8:37 AM · 1 hr 7 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 8:37 am and 10:10 am.
  • 271-003 8:37 AM · 13 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 8:37 am and 10:10 am.
  • 271-004 10:10 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:10 am to 10:17 am.
  • 271-005 10:24 AM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:24 am to 10:25 am.
  • 271-006 10:25 AM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:25 am to 10:35 am.
  • 271-007 10:35 AM · 6 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 10:35 am and 10:59 am.
  • 271-008 10:35 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:59 am.

All 21 conversations from August 4, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 271-001, August 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/271-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).