Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 279 › Conversation 279-009

Nixon & Buchanan on War on Drugs and Public relations

Wednesday, September 22, 1971 · 11:39 AM–11:41 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 44 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.Conversation279-009 on Tape 279 (tape position 01:33:14–01:36:18)StartWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 11:39 AMEndWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 11:41 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 279-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan discussed the need for a concise summary of the administration's anti-drug initiatives to be prepared for public communication. Nixon emphasized the importance of framing the federal response as a urgent, comprehensive effort involving international cooperation and specialized medical support. Buchanan was tasked with distilling these complex policy actions into a brief, high-impact document.

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I'm trying to bear on the drug thing in a very terse or brief manner what this administration has done.
We've cut off, we've cut off, but I don't want any pages, you know, I just want to have a page so that
I mean, say we have a worldwide emergency, you know, everywhere I use the word worldwide emergency, attacking an on-tree front or whatever, or maybe that's the CSF, you've got the doctors and so on and so on and so on.
And I put in touch with an office team to support the people in the field.
Okay.

NARA Description

On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:39 am to 11:41 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 279-9

Date: September 22, 1971
Time: 11:39 am - 11:41 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 9-114]

Also recorded on September 22, 1971

  • 009-112 11:14 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 11:14 am to 11:45 am.
  • 279-006 11:14 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:14 am to 11:25 am.
  • 009-113 11:25 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:39 am.
  • 279-007 11:25 AM · 52 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 11:25 am and 11:39 am.
  • 279-008 11:25 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:39 am.
  • 009-114 11:39 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 11:39 am to 11:41 am.
  • 009-115 11:41 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 12:23 pm.
  • 279-010 11:41 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 12:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 279-009, September 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).