Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 274 › Conversation 274-033

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House operator

Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 1:28 PM–1:34 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation274-033 on Tape 274 (tape position 02:19:44–02:20:47)StartWednesday, September 8, 1971 at 1:28 PMEndWednesday, September 8, 1971 at 1:34 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 274-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone call to an unidentified individual. The brief exchange served as a logistical coordination for the President to initiate private communication. No further substantive details regarding the nature or objective of the intended conversation were captured on the recording.

Audio

part B, 17:24

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NARA Description

On September 8, 1971, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 274-33

Date: September 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 1:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Request for a call to an unknown person

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on September 8, 1971

  • 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.
  • 274-034 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.
  • 008-049 1:46 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 1:46 pm to 1:47 pm.
  • 008-050 1:47 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 3:03 pm.
  • 274-035 2:24 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:03 pm.
  • 274-036 2:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:03 pm.
  • 274-037 2:24 PM · 7 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 2:24 pm and 3:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 274-033, 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/274-033 (accessed November 15, 2026).