Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 277 › Conversation 277-002

Nixon & Keyes on Personal communications and Withdrawn material

Tuesday, September 14, 1971 · 9:16 PM–9:18 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Keyes, Paul W.Conversation277-002 on Tape 277 (tape position 00:01:50–00:03:57)StartTuesday, September 14, 1971 at 9:16 PMEndTuesday, September 14, 1971 at 9:18 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 277-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with television producer Paul W. Keyes to discuss personal matters. The conversation included a brief segment that has been formally withdrawn from the public record. No substantial policy or administrative developments were recorded during this brief encounter.

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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 from 9:16 pm to 9:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 277-2

Date: September 14, 1971
Time: 9:16 pm - 9:18 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Paul W. Keyes.

[See Conversation No. 9-13; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 47s ]

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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.
  • 277-001 8:56 PM · 32 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 277-002, 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/277-002 (accessed October 9, 2026).