Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 277 › Conversation 277-001

Nixon & Keyes on Television and Public Relations

Tuesday, September 14, 1971 · 8:56 PM–8:59 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 32 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Keyes, Paul W.Conversation277-001 on Tape 277 (tape position 00:00:31–00:01:50)StartTuesday, September 14, 1971 at 8:56 PMEndTuesday, September 14, 1971 at 8:59 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 277-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and television producer Paul W. Keyes discuss the positive reception and media coverage of a recent television program. Keyes conveys to the President that ABC executives viewed the project as a significant success. The brief exchange focuses on gauging public and network sentiment regarding the broadcast.

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Well, the program, she's had very good reactions with a lot of wire.
Right.
Right.
Well.
Right.
Well, ABC, for their credit, is very positive.
They told me I had a great success.
Okay, boss.

NARA Description

On September 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 8:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 277-1

Date: September 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:56 pm and 8:59 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Paul W. Keyes.
[The recording begins at an unknown time while the conversation is in progress]

[See Conversation No. 9-12]

Also recorded on September 15, 1971

  • 009-009 8:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:16 pm and 8:20 pm.
  • 009-010 8:20 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:20 pm to 8:27 pm.
  • 009-011 8:27 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:27 pm and 8:56 pm.
  • 009-012 8:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 8:56 pm to 8:59 pm.
  • 009-013 9:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 9:16 pm to 9:18 pm.
  • 277-002 9:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:16 pm to 9:18 pm.
  • 009-014 10:19 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 11:59 am.
  • 277-003 11:05 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:05 am to 11:15 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 277-001, September 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/277-001 (accessed October 9, 2026).