Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 276 › Conversation 276-001

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Presidential logistics

Friday, September 10, 1971 · 2:05 PM–3:03 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation276-001 on Tape 276 (tape position 00:00:30–00:00:57)StartFriday, September 10, 1971 at 2:05 PMEndFriday, September 10, 1971 at 3:03 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 276-001 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to facilitate the delivery of a specific, unspecified item. The exchange was brief and focused on the physical handover of this material within the Executive Office Building. No further substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were recorded during this segment.

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On September 10, 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 2:05 pm and 3:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 276-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 276-1

Date: September 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 3:03 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown person.                    Conv. No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)

     Delivery of item

The unknown person left an unknown time before 3:03 pm.
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Conversation 276-001, September 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/276-001 (accessed October 9, 2026).