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Schreiber on White House meetings and Presidential records

Wednesday, September 15, 1971 · 12:01 PM–12:18 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsSchreiber, TaftConversation277-033 on Tape 277 (tape position 00:11:33–00:11:44)StartWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 12:01 PMEndWednesday, September 15, 1971 at 12:18 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 277-033 ↗

Taft Schreiber met with President Nixon in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss personal or political matters during a brief session. An unidentified woman, potentially Mary A. Sidley, briefly joined the participants before departing. Due to the lack of a transcript, the specific substance of the policy discussions or official decisions remains unknown.

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On September 15, 1971, Taft Schreiber met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-033 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 277-33

Date: September 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:01 pm and 12:18 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

An unknown woman [Mary A. (“Toni”) Sidley?] entered at an unknown time after 12:01 pm.

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The unknown woman [Sidley?] left at an unknown time before 12:18 pm.
  • 009-015 11:59 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:59 am to 12:01 pm.
  • 277-005 11:59 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:59 am to 12:01 pm.
  • 009-016 12:01 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:18 pm.
  • 009-017 12:18 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:18 pm to 12:20 pm.
  • 277-006 12:18 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:18 pm to 12:20 pm.
  • 009-018 12:20 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:24 pm.
  • 009-019 12:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:24 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 277-007 12:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:24 pm to 12:25 pm.

Conversation 277-033, 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/277-033 (accessed October 9, 2026).