Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 275 › Conversation 275-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on James D. Hughes

Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 12:00 PM–12:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation275-001 on Tape 275 (tape position 00:00:57–00:01:05)StartTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 12:00 PMEndTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 12:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 275-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417184137 ↗

A 5-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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On September 7, 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 12:00 pm and 12:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 275-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 275-001
Date: September 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Brig. Gen. James D. ("Don") Hughes [?]

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

  • 275-002 12:16 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:16 pm to 12:17 pm.
  • 275-003 12:20 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:20 pm to 12:26 pm.
  • 275-004 12:26 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:26 pm.
  • 275-005 12:26 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:26 pm.
  • 275-006 12:27 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 275-007 12:27 PM · 34 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 12:27 pm and 12:30 pm.
  • 275-008 12:30 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:30 pm to 12:55 pm.
  • 275-009 12:56 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:56 pm to 2:10 pm.

Conversation 275-001, September 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184137). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/275-001 (accessed November 1, 2026).