Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 273 › Conversation 273-022

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential logistics

Thursday, August 12, 1971 · 7:00 PM–7:11 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 53 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation273-022 on Tape 273 (tape position 03:38:53–03:39:39)StartThursday, August 12, 1971 at 7:00 PMEndThursday, August 12, 1971 at 7:11 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 273-022 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to facilitate the transfer of unspecified materials. The brief exchange focused primarily on the logistics of this request, though the nature of the items remains undocumented. No further details regarding the purpose or outcome of this transaction were captured.

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On August 12, 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 7:00 pm and 7:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 273-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 273-22

Date: August 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:00 pm and 7:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

An unknown person talked with the President.

     Requested the unknown person to receive something
  • 273-015 5:07 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 5:07 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 273-017 5:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 5:20 pm.
  • 273-018 5:20 PM · 48 sec — 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 5:20 pm and 5:27 pm.
  • 273-019 5:27 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:27 pm to 5:30 pm.
  • 273-020 5:30 PM · 1 hr 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.
  • 273-021 7:00 PM · 44 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 7:00 pm and 7:11 pm.
  • 273-023 7:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:11 pm to 7:19 pm.
  • 273-024 7:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:22 pm to 7:26 pm.

Conversation 273-022, August 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/273-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).