Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 278 › Conversation 278-020
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Harry S. Dent
Thursday, September 9, 1971 · 2:28 PM–3:44 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown group of women in his Old Executive Office Building suite to discuss administrative matters and his professional schedule. During the brief interaction, the President coordinated with his staff regarding the appointment of Harry S. Dent. No further substantive policy decisions were documented in the surviving audio fragment.
- Presidential schedule
- Harry S. Dent
- White House appointments
- Old Executive Office Building
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 2:28 pm on September 9, 1971 and 3:44 pm on September 12, 1971. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 278-20
Date: Unknown between September 9 and September 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm, September 9 and 3:44 pm, September 12, 1971
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with unknown women.
President’s schedule
-Harry S. Dent
The unknown women left at an unknown time before 3:44 pm, September 12, 1971Also recorded on September 9, 1971
- 008-075 2:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 278-016 2:11 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 008-076 2:13 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:13 pm to 2:14 pm.
- 278-017 2:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:13 pm to 2:14 pm.
- 008-077 2:19 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:19 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 278-018 2:19 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:19 pm to 2:28 pm.
- 008-078 2:28 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:28 pm and 5:06 pm.
- 278-019 2:28 PM · 31 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 2:28 pm and 2:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 278-020, September 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-020 (accessed October 9, 2026).