Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 274 › Conversation 274-030

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Speechwriting

Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 11:40 AM–1:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation274-030 on Tape 274 (tape position 02:18:29–02:18:44)StartWednesday, September 8, 1971 at 11:40 AMEndWednesday, September 8, 1971 at 1:27 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 274-030 ↗

An 18-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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Position in tape: 02:18:29 – 02:18:44

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NARA Description

On September 8, 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 11:40 am and 1:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 274-30

Date: September 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:40 am and 1:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

     Request to deliver speech draft for editing

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:27 pm.

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Also recorded on September 8, 1971

  • 008-046 9:40 AM · 33 sec — Raymond K. Price, Jr. and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm.
  • 274-028 10:06 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:06 am to 11:40 am.
  • 274-029 11:40 AM · 1 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 11:40 am and 1:27 pm.
  • 274-031 11:40 AM · 27 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 11:40 am and 1:27 pm.
  • 008-048 1:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:27 pm to 1:28 pm.
  • 274-032 1:27 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:27 pm to 1:28 pm.
  • 274-033 1:28 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 1:28 pm and 1:34 pm.
  • 274-034 1:34 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 3:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 274-030, September 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-030 (accessed November 2, 2026).